Guzman y Gomez: Mexican fast-food restaurant unfairly sacked this young worker, but a ‘flawed’ law meant the business still won

Adrianna Permus was a hardworking young employee when restaurant chain Guzman y Gomez stopped giving her shifts without explanation.

Weeks later, Permus was told she no longer had a job. So she launched an unfair dismissal claim – and won.

But the Perth teenager’s relief changed to disappointment after Fair Work Commission deputy president Tony Slevin ordered compensation that he admitted was “inequitable”.

“GYG has effectively gained a benefit from its poor treatment of Ms Permus by taking advantage of her casual status and refusing to provide her shifts for the last 10 weeks of her employment,” Slevin said.

“I suspect it is a result that was not an intended consequence of the legislation.”

Section 392(5) of the Fair Work Act caps compensation for unfair dismissal so it is not greate