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SurfStitch managing director stepping down this week

Inside Retail

Justin Hillberg, managing director of shared services of SurfStitch-owner Alquemie Group, is stepping down from his role leading the surf brand’s restructure at the end of this week. Hillberg joined SurfStitch as merchandise manager in 2014, before becoming general manager in 2015 and managing director in 2018.

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Michael Hill ordered by NSW Supreme Court to pay $2.6 million in damages

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The companies signed two separate agreements for Australia and New Zealand on May 5, 2014, under which Gispac would supply small and large paper bags to Michael Hill for the two markets. The company had to shut down six underperforming Michael Hill stores and cut a number of senior management roles to reduce operating costs.

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Optus backpays over $7.8 million to underpaid employees

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Optus hired these employees as retail consultants and store managers around Australia between January 2014 and March 2020. The backpayment includes more than $5.4 million in wages and entitlements and more than $2.4 million in superannuation and interest.

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Former Din Tai Fung operators fined $4 million for employment breaches

Inside Retail

The underpayment took place between November 2017 and June 2018, with the exception of one full-time employee who was underpaid for a longer period from July 2014 to May 2018, the Fair Work Ombudsman investigation shows. Some wrongdoings met the definition of ‘serious contraventions’, which resulted in a tenfold increase in penalties.

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How I went from marketing manager to CEO in less than five years

Inside Retail

I fell into a role that I didn’t know brands needed at the level they did in 2014. IR: You’ve gone from being a marketing manager to a general manager to a CEO in just a handful of years. The post How I went from marketing manager to CEO in less than five years appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Class action probe over Lovisa’s treatment of staff

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This includes team members, senior stylists, assistant store managers, store managers, inventory managers and any other in-store employees,” said the firm. “We We would seek to recover underpayments due to breaches of the Lovisa Enterprise Agreement 2014, owed to current and former employees from 2016 to the current date.”.

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David Jones, Politix underpay 7000 employees

Inside Retail

million in superannuation between April 2014 and September 2020. At Politix, underpaid staff worked in all Australian states and territories in a range of roles including as managers and retail workers, while at David Jones the impacted workers were in women’s apparel roles, online sales, management and logistics.

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