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An employee who was repeatedly underpaid – or not paid at all – had no option but to resign, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

Deputy President Andrew Bell found the employer's actions weren't "inadvertent", and constituted a "fundamental breach" of the employment contract.

The part-time cleaner made a general protections claim after resigning in March this year, arguing he had been consistently underpaid during his three-month tenure and that all attempts to rectify the issue were ignored...