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Former Sub-Zero employees win Federal Court victory over permanent status

FORMER employees of the now defunct Sub-Zero labour hire firm have secured a victory with the Federal Court ruling that it is wrong to consider a 25% casual loading as an offset of the rights these workers would have had as permanent employees.

The employees of Sub-Zero worked as permanents but were engaged under a contract.

The employees of Sub-Zero worked as permanents but were engaged under a contract.

When Sub-Zero went into insolvency its employees made claims under the Fair Entitlements Guarantee scheme. FEG recognised the workers were permanent, and not casual, but withheld the 25% casual loading...

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