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"Misleading" advisors denied permission to represent sacked workers

A workplace advisory service, which has been criticised by the Fair Work Commission on more than 30 occasions, has been refused permission to represent employees in 46 new applications due to concerns about its "misleading" practices.

In a January ruling, Howell v Elite Elevators, Employee Dismissals was chastised by the Fair Work Commission after it discontinued a worker's claim without his informed consent and pocketed his full settlement sum, relying on the terms of its "no win no fee guarantee".

At the time, President Justice Adam Hatcher described ED's conduct as "misleading", and its terms and conditions as "complex" and "problematic"...

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