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Hairdresser Wins Fight For Wage Justice

Chief Industrial Magistrate George Miller this week ordered the owners of the Hair Apartment at Mount Druitt to pay AWU member, $13,500 in back pay.

The worker was sacked from her job at the Mount Druitt salon in 1997 after complaining of the long hours for which she was not paid correctly. Her case was taken up by the Australian Workers Union, claiming unpaid overtime on her behalf.

AWU Vice President Matt Thistlethwaite says the ruling sends a message to all young workers - particularly women - that they can enforce their rights to fair pay.

"Being forced to work unpaid overtime is against the law. No employer can force you to work 60 hours a week." Thistlethwaite says.

"The hairdressing industry is notorious for long hours and unpaid overtime. Some employers exploit the fact that there are a large proportion of female employees working in salons with only one or two hairdressers."

"Anyone being ripped off as this worker was should contact their union and enforce their legal rights."

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