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Ex-Seven star seeks ‘at least $500k’ from network, court told – Sydney Morning Herald
Presenter Simon Reeve has accused his former employer of contravening the Fair Work Act by not paying him annual leave or redundancy pay.
Reeve also claims Seven breached the Fair Work Act by misrepresenting his employment as being an independent contracting arrangement, when it is clear he was treated as an employee including receiving an email from chief operations officer Bruce McWilliam on July 3 describing him as “part of the DNA of this place”.
In an email on the same day, Reeve says, Seven chairman Kerry Stokes referred to the redundancy and wrote “I’m so sorry”.
The statement of claim details how Reeve was initially empl…
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