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Court fines business who sacked employee with cancer to avoid paying sick leave

A Perth panel beating business which sacked a long-term employee to prevent him from taking sick leave after he was diagnosed with cancer has been fined and criticised by the Federal Court. Hi-Lite Automotive has been fined $35,000 and its co-owners Pasquale Minniti and his wife fined $6500 over the issue. The court found the […]
Melinda Oliver
Melinda Oliver

A Perth panel beating business which sacked a long-term employee to prevent him from taking sick leave after he was diagnosed with cancer has been fined and criticised by the Federal Court.

Hi-Lite Automotive has been fined $35,000 and its co-owners Pasquale Minniti and his wife fined $6500 over the issue.

The court found the employee of the panel beating business, a spray painter who had been with the company for nine years, was owed around 500 hoursโ€™ sick leave when he told his employer he had cancer.

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