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$40,000 payout for father told to choose between job and daughter

A timber worker told to choose between his job and his daughter has won an apology plus almost $40,000 compensation from his employer, after he was denied leave at short notice to take his sick four-year-old to hospital with what turned out to be a life-threatening illness.

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