17 Dec 2020 Lawyers representing Flight Centre have responded to allegations that the travel giant underpaid employees and failed to give them adequate breaks, saying it is not the employer’s job to “stand over” workers. The claims are part of a court case launched by trade union Together Queensland on behalf of five ex-Flight Centre staffers over alleged underpayment to the tune of $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.