Penthouse Australia accused of failing to pay workers’ superannuation and pay
The publishers of Penthouse Australia magazine have been accused by former staff and freelancers of not paying wages and superannuation entitlements.
Staff and freelancers allege they have not been paid for work published in the magazine and/or on the website from more than a year ago.
Mumbrella understands that at least $50,000 is owed.
The magazine is published by Filthy Gorgeous Pty after the previous licensee PH Publications was liquidated last year owing more than $600,000 to various creditors.
I never thought this would happen but I had an appointment with my super manager to discuss the non payment of super from my employer. When I entered her office I noticed that she was an attractive woman who immediately stood up to greet me. As we shook hands I noticed that they were as smooth as silk and she was wearing heels. She asked if I would prefer to sit on the lounge and as we………………………………………….
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…….and she said, softly, ” I’m afraid there isn’t going to be any super but I am authorised to give you this………”
What punishment is there for non payment here? This is outrageous. Employees and freelancers deserve to get paid. There needs to be some serious regulation to ensure employees are paid what they are owed and that directors are held liable if they fail to pay. Wasn’t there another story recently about an agency boss not paying his staff? Is this becoming a more widespread problem or are we just hearing more about it?
While I feel for freelancers who haven’t been paid for their work, at which point are they responsible for their own mess? Ben Smithurst might well be owed $20,000 but it begs the question of him: “Ben, why didn’t you stop working for Penthouse earlier, say, when it owed you $5,000?” Clearly there was a pattern of irregular or non-payment already forming. As that old Penthouse sex columnist Albert Einstein once said: “The definition of insanity is repeating the same behaviours and expecting a different outcome…with orgies being the only plausible exception.”