Poor George. At the AFR:
The hospitality sector is blaming the Fair Work Ombudsman’s “name and shame” campaign for driving the collapse of George Calombaris’ restaurant empire with warnings more jobs are at risk.
Administrator Craig Shepard said the $7.8 million wages underpayment scandal was a big factor in the collapse with the number of diners “50 per cent down on where they were expected to be” in the wake of the scandal.