Health
The workers at risk of redundancy in COVID scam – Sunshine Coast Daily
Bosses are unfairly sacking Aboriginal people and ignoring clearances for pregnant or older workers as unfair dismissal claims soar during coronavirus.
Indigenous and elderly workers have been singled out for the sack by brutal bosses citing COVID-19 health hazards.
Employers are being investigated over allegations they made workers declare their Indigenous status – then stood down staff who identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
Unfair dismissal claims have soared 35 per cent across Australia since the start of COVID-19 lockdowns in March, when millions of workers were stood down or forced to work from home.
Now dumped staff ha…
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