Australian hospitality giant accused of going to ‘shocking’ lengths to avoid paying casuals penalty rates

Pub chain Mantle Group under under pressure to ‘negotiate a fair dinkum EBA’ after ‘zombie’ deal replaced by ‘another substandard agreement’, union says

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A hospitality giant is facing calls to negotiate with its workers after pushing staff towards a new workplace deal that could let it avoid paying penalty rates.

The Queensland-based Mantle Group Hospitality has legally avoided paying its casuals weekend and public holiday rates through a so-called “zombie” agreement first signed in 1999.

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