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‘They won’t let me go’. Can your boss stop you from resigning?

  • Written by: Joellen Riley Munton, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
‘They won’t let me go’. Can your boss stop you from resigning?Kmpzzz/Shutterstock

You are working long hours, being repeatedly rostered to work weekends and are increasingly anxious and unhappy in your job. Enough’s enough, you decide to quit, but your boss won’t let you.

The ABC’s Four Corners program presented this scenario as part of an investigation called “Don’t Speak”...

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