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15 Dec 2020
Five ex-Flight Centre staffers have finally got their chance to take on the ASX-listed company in court over alleged underpayment.
The legal action, which was
launched by trade union Together Queensland in April last year, claims Flight Centre is guilty of systematic underpayment over a six-year period and owes the five former employees approximately $250,000.
The case was launched by Together Queensland, based on the advice of Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, which investigated the employee records of the five ex-Flight Centre employees.
The investigation found that Flight Centre failed to pay minimum wages, penalty and overtime rates, annual leave and leave loading at the correct rate to the five employees who have come forward, and did not provide the correct rest and meal breaks, according to Together Queensland.
Flight Centre in court for alleged underpayment of staff through dubious pay system
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The case is being brought by the Together Union on behalf of workers who say they were underpaid a total of $200,000 over a series of years.
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Five former employees of Flight Centre have told the first day of a trial in the Federal Circuit Court in Brisbane they were pressured to attend after-work functions and expected to do unpaid overtime.
Key points:
Flight Centre allegedly breached the Fair Work Act by failing to pay the appropriate annual leave and loadings on overtime
Former Flight Centre workers get day in court over alleged underpayment
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Five former Flight Centre workers have spoken of pressure to attend all-but-mandatory buzz nights and working outside rostered hours, in the first day of a federal trial alleging the tourism giant underpaid them more than $200,000.
The Together Union launched court action on behalf of the five former employees last year after an investigation by law firm Maurice Blackburn uncovered the alleged failure to pay them proper wages and penalties, potentially spanning thousands of current and former staff.