Hannah June

Hannahs boss Charles has a daughter the same age as Hannah

called Sarah. Sarah studies with Hannah at school and works with
her on the farm. Hannah works around the same days as Sarah
however Sarah is being payed 33% more hourly because she is the
farmers daughter. Hannah has also noticed that Sarah is given less
work. Charles gives both girls the same jobs however Sarah gives
her more nauseous Jobs to Hannah such as shovelling pig poo
around. Hannah has often tried to stand up for herself and not do
Sarahs bidding but Sarah has an unfair advantage, threatening
Hannah with telling Charles that Hannah is not doing her Job or
slacking off. Hannah is too scared to approach Charles herself
encase he doesnt believe her or she is unfairly dismissed
(termination of employment that is considered to be harsh, unjust or
unreasonable).
This is a breach of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) and is adverse
action (Australian Government, 2009), as Hannah is not being
treated equally as Sarah even though they have the same terms
and conditions (Australian Government, 2013). Sarah is also
threatening, bullying and harassing Hannah this is also against the
Fair Work Act as stated in section 789 (Australian Government, n.d.).
Hannah can ask her parents, the school or contact the Australian
Human Rights Commission for advice and to help resolve the issue.
The dispute resolution process Hannah will undergo is conciliation
(similar to mediation in that a third person helps settle a dispute by
trying to get both parties to reach a mutually acceptable solution),
with the independent third party being their local school, the human
rights commission or fair Work Australia (Chapman & Malcolm,
2013).
The third partys role is to provide advice and suggestions however
if an agreement cant be made the process will go to Arbitration (the
process by which an independent body makes a final (and binding)
decision on a dispute between two parties) where a Judge will make
a decision and both parties must legally comply (Chapman &
Malcolm, 2013).