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Sex, sleaze and hospitality

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The Grossi group restaurants on Bourke Street.

It’s time the hospitality industry got serious about cleaning up its mess

The stories have kept coming, and they will keep coming, until the sector grasps the need to explode long-standing norms.

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Barrister Sheryn Omeri acted for the Uber drivers in the UK.

Weinstein victims’ lawyer to take on Swillhouse, as hospitality giant deletes apology

One of the world’s top employment barristers will represent former staff and alleged victims of sexual assault as they pursue the company for damages.

  • Eryk Bagshaw and Bianca Hrovat
WAR presdient Bridget Raffal accepts the award for Cultural Change Champion.

‘Raise the bar’: First Cultural Change Champion calls for action at Good Food Guide awards

More must be done to make hospitality a safe industry for women, heard the crowd at the 40th annual awards ceremony.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Merivale chief executive Justin Hemmes and Swillhouse’s Anton Forte.

Merivale’s position on government council in peril after staff claims

Six Swillhouse and Merivale whistleblowers have urged the NSW government to establish a public inquiry into the treatment of women and misconduct in the hospitality sector.

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Inside the Restaurant Hubert in Sydney.

Sex, sleaze and hospitality

The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and Good Food reveal alleged misconduct at some of Australia’s top restaurant groups.

Claire Jones alleges she was sexually assaulted while working at Swillhouse.

‘I will not be silenced’: More Swillhouse staff allege sexual assaults, drug taking and workplace abuse

Three staff say they were sexually abused by colleagues and that the company marginalised them. Their claims come on top of earlier allegations by other Swillhouse workers.

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Merivale chief executive Justin Hemmes.

Merivale steps down from restaurant association, Hemmes tells staff he is ‘devastated’

Merivale chief executive Justin Hemmes says he is “devastated” by allegations levelled at his company. 

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Level 6, The Ivy.

‘One step from being a brothel’: Sex, drugs, harassment alleged in Ivy penthouse

An extensive investigation has revealed claims of exploitation of female staff at hospitality giant Merivale. The company denies this.

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Anton Forte pictured outside his Le Foote restaurant in The Rocks.

Troubled Swillhouse CEO Anton Forte steps down, but is appointed in ‘an oversight role’

Plus another executive, Jordan McDonald, departs the hospitality group, which is at the centre of sexual assault allegations.

  • Bianca Hrovat
The NSW Labor government will make sexual violence prevention training compulsory for all bar staff working in pubs and clubs across the state after Sydney restaurant group Swillhouse was spectacularly exposed for encouraging on-duty sex and drug use.

Revealed: The new rules all NSW bar staff have to follow after Swillhouse scandal

Sweeping changes are coming to the responsible service of alcohol training for bar staff in NSW. But is that enough to keep venues safe?

  • Alexandra Smith

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