Gold Coast McDonald’s manager’s insane salary is revealed
Gold Coast McDonald’s manager’s insane salary is revealed
- Macca’s manager loses unfair dismissal
- The court reveals that he earned a package of $206,592
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An unfair dismissal case has exposed the eye-watering salary and lavish perks of a regional McDonald’s manager.
Gold Coast man Matthew Laurence ran nine fast food restaurants run by franchisee NGI Holdings Pty Ltd.
NGI Holdings is separate from McDonald’s parent company.
Mr Laurence was dismissed on April 21, prompting him to file an unfair dismissal claim with the Fair Work Commission – with his complaint dismissed on September 20.
He argued that he should not have been fired from his job, which paid an annual salary of $144,043.
Mr Laurence received several benefits on top of his annual salary, with his latest salary package increasing to $206,592.
The manager of nine McDonald’s franchises was paid a total salary package of more than $200,000 at a Fair Work Commission hearing
Mr Laurence’s benefits included a VW Touareg work car, fuel paid for in that vehicle as well as another personal car, an annual allowance of $2,300 for clothing and a further $2,400 per year that he could spend at his discretion spend.
Fair Work Commissioner Chris Simpson wrote that Mr Laurence accepted at the hearing that he had told NGI Holdings director Edward Aldridge he would be moving to Queensland and that this was ‘non-negotiable’.
Mr. Laurence, who had worked for the company for 15 years, moved to the Sunshine State in June 2022.
He continued to work interstate some days of the week.
He charged NGI Holdings $27,426 in domestic flights while traveling three days a week between his home on the Gold Coast and the Albury/Wodonga region, on the NSW-Victoria border.
Mr Laurence worked from his office in Queensland for the remaining two days.
Mr. Simpson dismissed the complaint, explaining that the Commission had no jurisdiction to hear claims from employees earning more than $162,000.
Mr. Laurence unsuccessfully argued that his earnings were only $151,243, but NGI Holdings claimed that Mr. Laurence’s annual earnings were $206,592.
The Commission concluded that because the manager earned more than his jurisdictional limit, he could not rule on his case
Mr Aldridge told the Commission he had agreed with Mr Laurence to pay for the flights rather than paying him a $20,000 ‘management bonus’.
Mr Laurence was employed under an ‘oral agreement’ and not under an award or enterprise agreement.
Mr Aldridge’s LinkedIn profile states he owns McDonald’s in Albury, Lavington, Wodonga Homemaker, Wodonga Birallee, Corowa, Glenrowan North and South, Benalla and Euroa.