Jfm Underpayment Lizzie Graduated From A University Health

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Lizzie graduated well from a university Health & Fitness course but initially found it hard to get a job.

She was an organised and methodical young woman, and was looking forward to getting some clerical experience as well as putting her training to good use.

She therefore thought she was in luck when she was hired by an inner city gym to work on the reception desk as well as providing some assistance to clients.

She had a contract under which she was required to work 42 hours a week, Monday to Sunday. The hours were specified to be between 9am and 11pm.

In the event, Lizzie was rostered to work on Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays from 6am until 3pm. This made a total of 36 hours a week. Her rate of pay was the ordinary rate for a level 1 employee - $15.51 for each hour worked.

She was very happy in her job, but after nine months, her employment was terminated because the gym was cutting down on staff.

Lizzie only realised she was being underpaid when she was talking to one of her uni friends who worked at another fitness centre doing similar hours, and the friend remarked ...
... that she didn’t mind working in the weekends because the pay was so much better then.

Lizzie therefore came to see us.

What were we able to do?

We soon realised that Lizzie had been consistently underpaid by he employer, and that she was entitled to overtime for Saturdays at time and a quarter and for Sundays at time and a half.

We presented the figures we had compiled to the manager of the gym on Lizzie’s behalf, and she successfully recovered about $8,000 in underpayments of overtime as a result of our help and assistance. For more details please visit: http://www.johnfmorrissey.com.au/employees_underpayment_wages.html