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Mr Sims maintains Mr Tyack resigned in a text message to him of 2 August 2023, after he was asked to start work later that day.

During the day on 23 July 2020, WeChat messages show Ms Liu also tasked Ms Zheng with taking minutes of a meeting and distributing them to everyone in a staff work group.

If the Employment Court treated trial periods strictly because they remove protections, expect the same disciplined approach to these new contribution gatekeepers.

The Employment Court said the challenge was brought for good reasons and in good faith and raised important, complex issues, but made the stay conditional on more than $37,000 being paid within 21 days.

The daily tariff remains $4,500 for the first day and $3,500 for subsequent days, with adjustments up or down based on the circumstances.

60 holiday pay (plus interest).

Orders included $15,000 compensation (after a 50% contribution reduction), wage arrears and holiday pay (to be calculated), and a $3,000 penalty payable to the Crown.

The ERA found constructive dismissal and ordered compensation, lost wages, wage and holiday arrears, and repayment of an unlawful premium payment.