Fair Work Ombudsman v Centennial Financial Services Pty Limited
& Ors [2011] FMCA 459 (21 June 2011)
Penalties levelled against Director and Human Resources Manager
of liquidated company
The first respondent ('Centennial') was
in the business of providing financial services. The second
respondent, Mr Mertes, was Centennial's sole director and
shareholder and was responsible for the day to day management and
operation of its business. The third respondent, Mr Chorazy, was
employed by a company in the Centennial group of companies as
Centennial's human resources manager.
In 2007 Mr Chorazy recruited certain sales staff known as
'Corporate Associates' on behalf of Centennial. The
Corporate Associates were employed on terms conforming to the
Commercial Travellers Award. It was alleged that some of the
Corporate Associates did not accrue and were not paid all their
statutory entitlements during their initial period of
employment.
