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dahls
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#1 Posted: Sat Jul 3rd, 2010 02:35 pm |
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I dont know maybe its just me but this seems fishy, if i didnt want to have an abortion i sure as hell wouldnt get one because my boss said i must...forced my foot. Im sure she could have handled it based on being sacked because of being pregnant in the first place !
A Perth franchise of global fast food giant McDonald's has been accused of forcing an immigrant worker to have an abortion before eventually sacking her because she refused to abort a second pregnancy.
Rechilda Moll-Sequitin, a Filipina who was brought to WA on a 457 visa to work at the chain's Mindarie restaurant, is suing one of WA's biggest McDonald's franchisees for racial and sexual discrimination.
She has asked the Federal Magistrate's Court to award her $140,000 in compensation.
In court documents obtained by The West Australian, Ms Moll-Sequitin claims she arrived in Australia in June 2008 and was appointed assistant manager by franchisee Neil Platts, whose company also held the Currambine and Joondalup store franchises.
Three months later, she became pregnant to her Australian fiance Guiller Sequitin. She claims Mr Platts told her she would lose her job if she did not have an abortion, so she terminated the pregnancy in September 2008.
Ms Moll-Sequitin claims she told Mr Platts in February last year she had again become pregnant. On March 16, she was called to a meeting in Mr Platt's office.
"He told me that he would have to be blunt and tell me that if I go on with the pregnancy, he'd give me a letter of redundancy and I'd go back to the Philippines right away, pregnant, jobless and without Guil," Ms Moll-Sequitin said in her complaint to the Australian Human Rights Commission, a copy of which has been lodged with the Federal Magistrate's Court.
Ms Moll-Sequitin, who turns 31 tomorrow, claims she refused to have another abortion and was made redundant three days later. She married Mr Sequitin and gave birth to Abigail Isabella late last year.
Mr Platt's company Kandoo Investments has lodged documents with the court in which it denies the threats ever took place. Yesterday, Ms Moll-Sequitin's lawyer, Simon Millman from Slater & Gordon , told Federal Magistrate Toni Lucev his client had recorded the second series of threats.
Kandoo Investments' lawyer Ian Curlewis told the court the allegations against Mr Platts were horrific. He said the tape recording should not be entered into evidence because it had been recorded without the knowledge of the other party. He also said he wanted access to Ms Moll-Sequitin's medical records to determine whether she gave doctors any other reason for having the abortion in 2008.
The company also claims in court documents that Ms Moll-Sequitin was made redundant because it had sold the Mindarie franchise and the sale "did not involve a transfer of the two employees . . . on section 457 visas". She had been paid more than $4200 after her redundancy, it said.
Outside court, Ms Moll-Sequitin said: "I'm actually looking forward to my day in court where I can tell my story. But I was hurt with what happened and I'm happy that it's been listed (for trial) in September."
Mr Platts said he would continue to fight the allegations and denied having threatened Ms Moll-Sequitin about either of her pregnancies or her ethnic origin.
McDonald's did not return calls from _The West Australian _. Mr Lucev said in court the case been mediated, but the parties had not been able to settle. He will hear arguments about the admissibility of the tape and access to the hospital records on Thursday. In 2008, Kandoo Investments was fined $13,700 for employing 12 children under the age of 15 outside legal hours and employing 19 children without the written consent of their parents.
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#2 Posted: Sat Jul 3rd, 2010 03:59 pm |
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| I don't think her not knowing any better cuts it as im sure she has friends and what about the fiancee didn't he advice her. I don't care how little you know about another countries law the average person would find out before going ahead with such an action. On the other hand Mr Platts needs shooting for his role thats discrimination for sure!
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#3 Posted: Sat Jul 3rd, 2010 06:20 pm |
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| Ummmm i wouldn't have got the abortion in the first place what the heck was wrong with her. Its disgusting that her boss treated her this way but come on how silly was she to go along with it in the first place, kinda makes you wonder did she do it to get money because a normal person wouldn't have done this and then gone and got herself pregnant again and expected the same thing not to happen. The manager needs to be charged with something! And the girl needs to get a few brains.
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#4 Posted: Sat Jul 3rd, 2010 08:50 pm |
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That's the trouble with the world today...everybody's out to blame someone else, or try & turn their mistakes into a way of getting money out of someone.
If her boss really said all that, then shame on him. But to me its a bit like these criminals, who then sue somebody they were trying to rob for their injuries.
If you're stupid enough to do what she did, she has no sympathy from me.
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dahls
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#5 Posted: Sun Jul 4th, 2010 01:35 pm |
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| It is a bit hard to feel sorry for her in this day and age when all you hear about is your rights and i dont mean that with any disrespect but with those who go on and on about the slightest little things that is wrong its hard to sit back and say well maybe she didnt know. Like i said in the first post sounds a bit fishy for me.
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#6 Posted: Mon Jul 5th, 2010 03:30 pm |
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| Very hard to feel for her! However that manager needs a boot up the butt for his actions as well.
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#7 Posted: Thu Jul 8th, 2010 03:32 pm |
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I have to agree ..I think this person is looking for some quick money ..After all she did come on a working visa thanks to McDonalds &
mr Platts she has been given an opportunity and I think she has taken advantage ..Nobody would be daft enough to take such measures and its not like she is young & nieve .. clever enough to think to sue! As for her boss he prob should have seeked legal advise rather than giving his own..
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#8 Posted: Thu Jul 8th, 2010 03:39 pm |
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Smells of a quick buck for sure, it seems people will do anything these days.
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#9 Posted: Sat Jul 10th, 2010 10:17 pm |
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| Seriously i wouldn't be giving her a thing!
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