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.
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Flight Centre allegedly breached the Fair Work Act by failing to pay the appropriate annual leave and loadings on overtime
Teenager Kate Savage let down by under-resourced mental health system, WA s chief psychiatrist finds
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Kate Savage, 13, took her own life moments after leaving an appointment with the WA Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service.
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A 13-year-old girl who died from self-inflicted injuries was let down by an under-funded and under-resourced mental health system, Western Australia s chief psychiatrist has found.
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The review found there were missed opportunities to alter Kate s life
The chief psychiatrist made seven key recommendations for change
Kate Savage died from critical injuries which she inflicted just moments after leaving an appointment with the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in July this year.
Crown Resorts whistleblower Jenny Jiang sues gambling giant over treatment in China
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A former Crown Resorts employee who exposed the company s conduct in China and helped spark a powerful inquiry in New South Wales says she is taking her fight against the gambling empire to the Supreme Court.
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Jenny Jiang was detained in China in 2016, along with 18 other Crown employees, for breaking Chinese gambling laws
December 14, 2020
Almost a month after being ordered to delay the grand opening of its Crown Sydney development and Australian casino operator Crown Resorts Limited is now reportedly facing a class-action lawsuit from a group of disgruntled shareholders.
According to a report from Inside Asian Gaming citing an earlier story from The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, the unhappy investors filed the legal action with the Victoria Supreme Court on Friday amid claims that the value of their associated holdings had been significantly depressed as a direct result of bungling by the casino company’s senior management. The source moreover detailed that the complaint being managed by local law firm Maurice Blackburn Lawyers is purportedly seeking an order that would oblige Crown Resorts Limited to compensate the plaintiffs via a share buy-back initiative.