The implied duty of good faith in employment contracts does not extend to the act of termination or the manner of termination, but applies to pre-termination conduct. Four months was held to be reasonable notice for a state-level senior accountant with approximately 8 years' service and a remuneration package of approximately $103,000 per annum. An employee on maternity leave whose position is abolished cannot be given effective notice of termination during the leave period; the Minimum Conditions of Employment Act 1993 (WA) requires the employment to continue until the employee has had an opportunity to accept or reject available comparable positions upon return. Psychiatric injury claims in employment contract cases require reliable evidence of causation and must satisfy the Hadley v Baxendale remoteness test.
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