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2321457

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Your current personal situation Profile information
Leave (eg. holiday leave, sick leave)
You need information about Annual leave

Non-payment of leave entitlements after

Your other workplace issues or questions
termination
81138976397
Unified Security Group (Australia) Pty Ltd
The employer you’re enquiring about Unified Security Group (Australia) P/L
534 Parramatta Road ASHFIELD, NSW 2131
1300658657
Your suburb, state and postcode KINGSGROVE, NSW 2208
Number of employees 50
What is your employment type? Part-time
Are you an apprentice or trainee? Neither an apprentice or trainee
Are you working as an independent contractor? No
Are you completing an internship? No
What else describes you? Non-English speaking
Are you a visa holder? No
What's your Date of Birth? 01-04-1970
If we need to meet with you, which office
NSW - Sydney
location would you prefer to attend?
Do you require an interpreter? No
What is your occupation? security guard
security guard at quarantine hotel: stationed at a
What are your main duties?
position around hotel monitoring and reporting.
Have you spoken to your employer about your
Yes
question or issue?
After termination, emailed employer about leave
entitlements. Email reply - delay in calculating
What happened when you spoke to your entitlements, delay due to changes in NSW state
employer? government payment terms. Sandy Pratt Executive
Support sandy@unifiedsecurity.com.au 0437 287
136 1300 658 657
Are other employees affected by the issue
you're enquiring about?
What was your employment start date?
What was your employment end date?
What’s your hourly pay rate (before tax)?
Do you have evidence to support your enquiry? Yes
What evidence do you have?
Is there anything else you want to tell us about
your enquiry?
Do you want to nominate someone to act on
your behalf?
I give permission for the FWO to contact my
employer for the purpose detailed (add text
from complaint form)
Employer or manager's name
Employer or manager's phone number
Employer's or manager's email address
Recommended links
Yes
25-10-2020
10-04-2021
$ 22.28
Pay records (eg. pay slips, bank statements, pay
envelopes)
Correspondence (eg. emails, text messages, letter
of offer of employment, termination of employment
letter)
NSW state government terminated employer from
quarantine program, meaning all employees
working at the hotels have now been terminated,
with the last group having an effective termination
date of 30th April, 2021. The employment contract
included a notice period, but as I was part of initial
resignation group the one week's notice period was
waived. The last group did have to serve the notice
period. Also, the employer is currently fighting the
decision to have its security master license
revoked, a move which will effectively cease
operations for the company. My concern is that
their excuses for non-payment of leave
entitlements (within 7 days of termination as per
the Award) might be simply a delaying tactic, and if
their master license is indeed revoked then they
could simply declare bankruptcy, and hence not
pay the entitlements.
No
Yes
Stephen Chariwood - NSW Operations Manager
Not answered
stephen@unifiedsecurity.com.au
Annual leave
482 and 457 visa holders – workplace rights & enti‐
tlements
Agreement to annual leave in advance
 Hi Arthur, Thank you for your enquiry about your
entitlements. Based on the information you have
provided, it looks like you may be covered by the
Security Services Industry Award which you can
find here:
https://awardviewer.fwo.gov.au/award/show/MA000
016 Per clause 16.4, an employer must pay an
employee’s final pay no later than 7 days after the
employee’s employment ends. You have requested
further assistance from the Fair Work Ombudsman
Response regarding your final pay. Your matter has been
referred to a Customer Solutions Officer for further
assessment, and they will be in contact to discuss
what the next best steps are in your specific
circumstances. A Customer Solutions Officer will
be in touch via email or phone in the next 5
business days. Please check your emails and
messages so that you don't miss their contact.
Please do not hesitate to get in contact if you have
any further questions. Kind Regards, Melissa Fair
Work Ombudsman

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