Aussie sacked by SMS - not unusual

Link: Woman sacked by SMS, union says. 06/04/2006. ABC News Online.

The Transport Workers Union says a Brisbane waste collection company has used the new federal workplace laws to sack an employee via text message.

Union spokesman Hughie Williams says three workers have been told they are no longer required, including a woman dismissed by SMS.

Mr Williams says it is an unacceptable way for an employee to lose her job.

This is reasonably commonplace in the UK…