Rafael Colobon, a cleaner who revealed retail giant Myer’s scandal over underpayment of employees, was sacked on Friday. Myer has been facing accusations of underpaying and denying entitlements to the cleaners working at its retail stores.

Colobon acted as a source to ABC’s "7.30" program, which investigated into the sham contracting scandal. The worker claimed that he was underpaid and was not entitled to a Work Cover insurance, superannuation or penalty rates.

Earlier this year, Myer promised to look into the matter and ensure that the clearers are paid properly, following allegations regarding the same problem. The Fair Work Ombudsman is also investigating underpayment of workers at the Myer stores.

The cleaning contract has been given to Spotless by the retailer, which in turn gets subcontractors to do the job.

ABC’s "7:30" maintained the anonymity of Colobon’s identity while publishing his interview in which he spoke of unfair conditions at INCI Corp.

Colobon, who is a Colombian IT student, revealed he had been targeted by INCI since his interview was published. Not only did his payments cease, but he was also given two warning letters and asked to be present at a meeting at the company’s office.

"They say I'm getting to work late, they're saying I haven't cleaned everything, or not at all," he said. "Lots of things that aren't true at all."

Colobon took the entire matter to the federal court on Tuesday. Mehmet Mesli, the owner of INCI, declined an interview but said turning up late and not being able to fulfil his duties properly were reasons behind his termination.

"It was 100 percent work performance," Mesli told the ABC. "He is a trouble-maker. He acts like nobody can touch him because is a union member."

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