Brisbane council to review prime pub leases after penalty rates controversy

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Mantle Group says it will seek to overturn Fair Work Commission findings over payments to casuals

A council spokesperson said the “council would review the outcomes of any legal proceedings once known against the term and conditions between council and the permit holder”.the pub chain’s leases if allegations that it had exploited workers were proved.

In a letter to the Union Workers Union and Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, who represented workers, the FWC general manager Murray Furlong said he had referred the matter to the Australian federal police,In a statement a Mantle Group spokesperson said they “completely reject” the findings of the FWC and believe the statements against Latham “are wrong and biased”.

“It is clear that Adrian Schrinner and the Brisbane city council need to make an assessment of whether the Mantle Group are fit and proper operators of venues in such iconic locations as the Queen Street Mall, King George Square and Mount Coot-Tha,” Bullock said.

 

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