‘Disgrace’: Pub chain avoided penalty rates for 22 years
One of Queensland’s largest hospitality companies has had an “unconscionable” workplace deal axed that legally allowed it to avoid paying staff penalty rates for two decades.
In a scathing decision on Thursday, Fair Work commissioner Jennifer Hunt blasted Mantle Group’s long-expired agreement, which paid workers just the minimum hourly rate without any penalties for nights, weekends, overtime or public holidays, as “archaic” and “a disgrace”.
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