VIC Defamation In The Workplace

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Plantgb

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If an Employer makes false allegations about your behaviour and then sacks you, can you then sue them for defamation and if not re instated claim an economic loss of future wages ?
 

Tim W

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Nah. You're better off thinking about unfair dismissal.
 

Plantgb

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Even when you consider a successful case under defamation could be possibly 20 times more than unfair dismissal law ?
 

Rod

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It is possible, just harder to prove and more costly if you lose.