Going into administration means there is no guarantee workers will receive their entitlements at all, or that suppliers will have their invoices paid.
The employee, who asked not to be named, said the restaurant had about 35 casual staff and 13 full-time workers, including some who the company had sponsored on work visas.
A spokeswoman for the Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group said staff who were “transitioning” to the new operators would be paid wages up to that date, but would not comment on the Canberra staff’s entitlements.
She said the business “faced high rent and restrictive trading conditions, so made the difficult decision to close the Canberra site.
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