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Subscriber only Brisbane hospitality king Godfrey Mantle s pub empire is facing a legal challenge by a 21-year-old bartender fighting to kill off a two-decade-old agreement stripping its workers of penalty rates. Industry figures estimate the Fair Work Commission application by Sydney-based bartender Elijah Blatchford, who works for Brisbane-based Pig N Whistle pub chain owner Mantle Group Hospitality, could drive up the wages bill for the group by millions of dollars a year and open the floodgates to similar challenges by other hospitality workers if it is successful in terminating the so-called zombie agreement. Mr Blatchford, a casual worker at Mantle Group s busy Mideast-themed Babylon rooftop restaurant and bar in Sydney s CBD, this month applied to Fair Work to terminate the 21-year-old workplace agreement covering hundreds of staff, including at the group s Queensland venues.
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