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Remedies were reduced by one third for contributory conduct, and wage/public holiday underpayments were ordered.

Orders: $15,000 compensation, plus wage arrears for 9 hours (and 8% holiday pay).

Mr Canales says a migraine stopped him from turning up to work on his first day and when he was able to look at his phone, he saw Thermashield had dismissed him by text message.

2 Lanquan had six employees during the three days Ms Wei worked in.

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