I work in QLD, for a small business. In the office is me, another office clerk and the boss, who is also the Managing Director. I have been employed for 10 months (1 year in Feb 2015). In the beginning things were going well as we were planning to buy the business. We then decided against it and since then he has been making my life hell. We all think he may have early onset dementia as well - I have spoken to his wife about this but she cannot do anything as he is very assertive and bossy. At work he has done the following to me:
Workplace bullying. Called me a liar and accused me of things in front of other staff - later he found out he was wrong. He is always nasty and abrupt with me. On the 2-way radio he is very nasty to everyone. When I was sick for 3 days, he changed the passwords on the internet banking and MYOB, saying the bank told him to when in reality, it was because he thought I was logging in from home (which I wasn't).
I'm over his treatment of me. But if I were to give him a week's notice, that last week would be absolute hell. Even the doctor said I was under a lot of stress. If I was just to leave with no notice, can he sue me under employment law as I am the only one who does the accounts? What are my options? Going to work everyday is getting harder and harder.
I forgot to add: I was pressured into signing the employment contract. Boss said...here I need this signed by today. Contract says I can do extra reasonable hours when required to do so, so sometimes I work on the weekend, with no extra time off and no extra pay cause I'm on a salary. I have the phones at home some nights with no extra time off. He gets angry and hangs up on me if I say I've got plans and can't take the phones or work. I'm usually given no notice or just the night before at most. He says I must keep a time sheet. I put the hours down I started and finished....he told me to change it to reflect my contracted start and finish times.
Workplace bullying. Called me a liar and accused me of things in front of other staff - later he found out he was wrong. He is always nasty and abrupt with me. On the 2-way radio he is very nasty to everyone. When I was sick for 3 days, he changed the passwords on the internet banking and MYOB, saying the bank told him to when in reality, it was because he thought I was logging in from home (which I wasn't).
I'm over his treatment of me. But if I were to give him a week's notice, that last week would be absolute hell. Even the doctor said I was under a lot of stress. If I was just to leave with no notice, can he sue me under employment law as I am the only one who does the accounts? What are my options? Going to work everyday is getting harder and harder.
I forgot to add: I was pressured into signing the employment contract. Boss said...here I need this signed by today. Contract says I can do extra reasonable hours when required to do so, so sometimes I work on the weekend, with no extra time off and no extra pay cause I'm on a salary. I have the phones at home some nights with no extra time off. He gets angry and hangs up on me if I say I've got plans and can't take the phones or work. I'm usually given no notice or just the night before at most. He says I must keep a time sheet. I put the hours down I started and finished....he told me to change it to reflect my contracted start and finish times.
