Ex-workers have lashed out over their employer’s lives of luxury after claiming they were underpaid and overworked.
Former employees allege they were paid under incorrect awards and penalty rates and were not given overtime pay despite some workers clocking fortnights exceeding 190 hours.
This all happened as co-founder Adelle Fonofale Levi flooded her Instagram in designer outfits and overseas holidays.
In one snap, Fonofale Levi was pictured wearing a Balenciaga outfit, which retails at about $8,000.
Other images show her with her co-founder Poutasi Brown sitting courtside at a Lakers game in America.
The disability services provider was co-founded by Brown and Fonofale Levi under the name Care Group NSW in 2019.
In 2022, they renamed the business to Care Group Community Services and currently operate across New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and the ACT.
Ex-employee Jeco Makatoa began as a disability support worker with Care Group NSW in August 2020, before becoming a team leader in August 2021.
He left just over a year later in October 2022.
He said while he was underpaid and working long hours, he often saw his boss’ lavish lifestyles on social media.
“They’re sitting courtside at Lakers games in LA, while we’re doing these double shifts,” Makatoa said.
“It was stressful and then you look up on Instagram and they’re in Fiji poolside sipping on pina coladas or in America.”
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