The Government's plans to do away with high-earning workers rights to claim unjustified dismissal is copping flack from an employment lawyer.

Under the proposal, anyone making more than $180,000 a year will lose out on that current legal avenue if they lose their jobs.

Employment law expert Max Whitehead told Heather du Plessis-Allan this is an unfair winding back of employees' legal protections.

He asks who would want to be a senior manager right now — it's a tough world out there for the big timers in business.

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• Workers on $180k won't be able to claim for unjustified dismissal under new policy