1. Six months’ service is all it takes now, not two years. One missed step and you’re exposed.From July 2026, any dismissal can trigger a claim after just six months on the job. If your process still assumes you’ve got two years of breathing room, you’re already exposed and you won’t know it until a claim lands. The Six-Month Compliance Checklist in your free Compliance Pack tells you, yes or no, exactly where you stand right now.
2. No Cap On What It Could Cost You.
From January 2027, unfair dismissal compensation has no ceiling. One mismanaged case could wipe out a year’s margin in a sector already running on thin ones. The Fair Work Agency (FWA) Risk Briefing in the pack spells out exactly what’s changed, no legal jargon, no guesswork.
3. More Leavers Means More Risk.
Care staff turnover is already high, and every leaver now means a probation or exit decision that carries uncapped risk if it’s handled wrong. The Probation Period Map in your pack tells you exactly what to do, and when, in every new starter’s first six months, so a decision to dismiss can be shown to follow a fair process, not a rushed one.
4. No In-House Lawyer, No Safety Net
Most care providers don’t have one. These calls land on registered managers under pressure, with no time to get it right. The Formal Review Form in your pack is the paperwork that proves the process was followed properly, ready to use, not something you build from scratch while it’s happening.
5. Safeguarding Dismissals Are the Ones Most Likely to Go Wrong
These can’t wait, which is exactly why a step gets skipped. Under the new rules, that one step decides whether you’re protected or exposed. The Management Training Support in your pack gets your whole management team up to speed on the dismissal changes and tribunal awareness, so nobody’s caught out.