YOUNG INDIAN WORKER SACKED ON HONEYMOON
 Man sacked, ripped off and now facing
deportation after going overseas to get married.
Mani Saravanan came to Australia on a controversial 457
visa to work as a fabricator for Haldilka Nominees Pty
Ltd trading as Ironbark Fabrications in Moree. Mani was
a hard worker with a spotless record, he saved all his
annual leave so he could go to India to get married.
Last year, Mani approached the company many times to
apply for annual leave so he could travel to India to
get married. The company continually refused to provide
Mani with an annual leave form. Mani was refused on many
occasions the opportunity to meet with the manager of the
company to discuss his request. Eventually he applied
for leave and left for India to get married. While on
his honeymoon, Mani received a termination letter by the
company via email.
Not only was Mani’s employment terminated but the
company has denied his annual leave entitlements,
despite being required to do so under Australian
Workplace Laws, and he was not reimbursed his $700 that
he had given his employer to pay for his permanent
resident application.
Mani came to this country with a dream to work hard and
for an opportunity to provide a better life for his
future family.
The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union is
demanding action from the Federal Government to put an
end to this type of exploitation of vulnerable guest
workers. We are also campaigning to secure Mani’s proper
entitlements from his employer.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Complete and submit the following CFMEU Take Action
form.
The form will be sent as an email to
hyfab@northnet.com.au
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