Fair Work slams Tasmanian resort

The operators of a Tasmanian resort who attempted to fire employees after they refused to sign new employment agreements have been slammed by the Federal Court for sham contracting and punished with a record fine of $295,000.

The same operators were forced to provide their employees with back-pay in January after the Court heard the resort owner dismissed the six staff who refused to become independent contractors.

But Justice Marshall of the Melbourne Federal Court said some compensation hasn't even been paid yet.

"If that is not immediately possible from the resources of Maclean Bay, those who stand behind it should have the decency to attempt to remedy their corporate entity's failure to comply with the law rather than cowering behind the corporate veil," Justice Marshall said.

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