Why Justin Hemmes of Merivale could be forced to repay $129million to his workers
Justin Hemmes' pub empire could be forced to pay workers $129million in unpaid wages after a huge blow to its court defence. The Federal Court ruled Merivale's 2009 WorkChoices agreement wasn't valid, despite passing a so-called 'fairness test'. More than 14,000 staff would then instead be covered by the industry award and owed backpay of penalty rates and overtime between 2013 and 2019. Merivale CEO Justin Hemmes. The hospitality could be forced to repay more than $100million in unpaid overtime and penalty rates A restaurant from the Ivy Precinct, one of Merivale's flagship venues Merivale...
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