A restaurateur who spent $6 million unsuccessfully battling to keep his St Kilda hospitality venture afloat after repeated COVID-19 lockdowns must pay a former staff member $15,900 in unpaid wages and penalties in a Federal Court order.
“The Fair Work ombudsman is investigating The European Hotel,” an FWA spokeswoman said.Federal Court Justice Patrick O’Sullivan last month ordered Di Nardo and European Operations Co, the company behind the restaurant, pay Alexandru-Andrei Bostan $15,874.91 for outstanding wages, leave, notice period and compensation for economic loss.
‘We have had heard nothing and our client hasn’t received any money. He is now left with the unenviable decision whether to ... send around the sheriff.’The court heard that Bostan was sacked after testing positive to COVID-19 and declining to work.Loading Di Nardo shut the multipurpose site, saying running costs are too high, although it is available for private hire.“I would love to continue but I can’t continue. I don’t have the energy or the capacity financially to continue at all.”Bostan’s lawyer, Gabrielle Marchetti, of legal firm JobWatch, said Di Nardo’s failure to appear in court or send a legal representative made the process more difficult for her client.
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