A former Port Adelaide soccer membership captain and TV sports activities presenter is claiming he needs to be compensated nearly $6 million for lacking out of future employment with Channel 9 Adelaide.
Key factors:
- Warren Tredrea is looking for tens of millions in damages over his dismissal from Channel 9 Adelaide
- He left the job after refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine
- The authorized dispute is prone to be resolved earlier than it reaches trial
Warren Tredrea is suing his former employer after the broadcaster dismissed him for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccination.
Court docket paperwork filed to the Federal Court docket of Australia by Mr Tredrea’s authorized workforce claimed the clauses that terminated his contract had been “unfair or harsh”.
However Channel 9 argued that the presenter behaved in a method that might harm its status or enterprise pursuits.
Yesterday, the media persona’s legal professionals stated the events had been prone to attain a decision earlier than the case reaches trial.
Mr Tredrea was terminated from his $192,500-a-year job on January 4, 2022.
Previous to his termination, the sports activities presenter was given a month-long extension to get his COVID-19 vaccination.
In court docket paperwork, Mr Tredrea’s authorized workforce claimed that there was low danger of significant sickness from the Delta or Omicron variant of the virus and the long run security of COVID vaccines remained unknown.
In addition they argued that office practices Channel 9 adopted, like masks carrying and fast antigen testing, had been equally efficient, if no more efficient, than vaccinations.
Mr Tredrea claimed he needs to be paid out the rest of his wage in 2022 — $176,458.32 — and compensated for the lack of alternative to resume his contract for as much as 30 years, which equates to $5.775 million.
Channel 9 responded that it had grounds to terminate Mr Tredrea’s companies beneath the Work Well being and Security Act to offer a protected office for different staff.
The broadcaster argued it was “critical misconduct” when Mr Tredrea expressed his opinion in opposition to COVID vaccination on Adelaide radio station 5AA in September, calling the vaccination push “discriminatory”.
It stated his radio feedback had triggered reputational harm to Channel 9 and undermined the belief viewers positioned within the broadcaster.
The employer additionally argued that Mr Tredrea was unable to carried out his job as a sports activities presenter from November when some sports activities venues and soccer golf equipment had restricted these unvaccinated from entry.
“The conduct of [Mr Tredrea] in his failure to adjust to the instructions, in [Channel 9’s] opinion, may have triggered harm to the status and enterprise pursuits of [Channel 9],” the paperwork claimed.
Channel 9 responded that damages to Mr Tredrea needs to be restricted to at least one month’s pay.
The matter returns to court docket subsequent yr.