Compensation awarded to employee sacked by phone
Friday 21 December 2012 @ 2.26 p.m. | Industrial Law
An employee of the Greyhound Breeders, Owners and Trainers Association (GBOTA) has been awarded compensation by Fair Work Australia after being sacked over the telephone after 40 years' service.
Charles Borg was the long-serving kennel supervisor at Sydney's Wentworth Park and
on his 80th birthday last year a race was named in his honour.
However, the association's executives wanted to put in place a succession plan and
Borg was told he would have to mentor his new boss before stepping down from his post.
The new arrangement led to an argument at the track one night and Borg then phoned the association and was sacked over the phone a few days later.
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