Jim's Mowing founder to fight Victorian government for 'unfair' loss of income during lockdown
The founder of Jim's Mowing has backed one of his franchisees in a compensation claim against the Victorian government for having banned the garden workers from doing their jobs during last year' s lockdown. For over 100 days during Melbourne's strict Stage Four coronavirus lockdown, residents were banned from hiring someone to mow their lawn or clean their house. Jim Penman, the founder of Jim's Group which has 3,800 franchisees, has claimed each of his 615 gardening contractors lost $3000 a week for two months - adding up to over $15 million. One of those franchisees, 47-year-old Steve ...
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