FWC backs employer’s leave request under JobKeeper
In another dispute about JobKeeper and leave entitlements, an H&M retail employee has been told to take annual leave after disputing whether the retailer could order its employees to take leave as part of its strategy to reduce its liabilities while receiving JobKeeper payments.
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has sided with the employer, who ordered a retail worker to take paid annual leave on the basis of one full day’s leave per week for the next four months to safeguard the Swedish clothing store’s “economic position”.
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