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Flight Centre in court for alleged underpayment of staff through ‘dubious’ pay system
Five former employees of Flight Centre have told the first day of a trial in the Federal Circuit Court in Brisbane they were pressured to attend after-work functions and expected to do unpaid overtime.
Key points:
- Flight Centre allegedly breached the Fair Work Act by failing to pay the appropriate annual leave and loadings on overtime
- Flight Centre has “categorically denied” any employees were paid below the minimum award
- The trial is expected to last until Thursday, with the ruling due to be handed down next year
The case is being brought by the Together Union on behalf of the workers, who say they were underpaid a total of $200,000 over a series of years.
Four of the staff members worked in Queensland branches of Flight Centre and one was…
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