Ms Helen Exton lodged a General Protections application involving a dismissal pursuant to s.365 of the Fair Work Act 2009 against Western health. Ms Exton was a care co-ordinator at Western Health in Melbourne. She says that she was forced to resign on 29 October 2015. Ms Exton alleges that she was forced to resign because of a broad campaign of bullying by a range of people. But Fair Work Deputy President Lawrence said – “Having considered all of the factors set out in s.366(2), I am not satisfied that there are exceptional circumstances warranting the granting of a further period for the making of an application under s.366(2). Accordingly, the application is dismissed.” And so Ms Exton is now in the legal wilderness.
