Lawyer’s belief about paralegal underpayments ‘unreasonable’, judge finds

Employment 2024-02-28 5:19 pm By Cindy Cameronne | Sydney

A Sydney law firm and its principal have been fined $14,400 for disobeying a Fair Work Ombudsman compliance notice issued for the alleged underpayment of a paralegal, with a judge saying the lawyer’s belief she did not owe any wages was “unreasoned and unreasonable”.