Insurance company faces court | Mirage News
The Fair Work Ombudsman has taken legal action in the Federal Circuit Court against the operators of a South Melbourne-based company that provides insurance for the transportation industry. Yes Insurance Group Pty Ltd and the owner and sole managing director Emma Rita Kimonides are in court. The regulator opened its investigation after seeking assistance from an employee who served as a full-time insurance agent for the company between August and October 2020. A fair work inspector issued a Declaration of Conformity to Yes Insurance Group Pty Ltd in October 2020 after believing the employee had not been paid the wage in the two months and therefore the company had not paid the minimum wage for normal hours as part of the Banking, Finance and Insurance Award 2020. The FWO claims the company violated the Declaration of Conformity, without a reasonable apology, requiring it to calculate and repay the employee's claims. The FWO claims that Ms. Kimonides was involved in the inf...