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$6K for sacked Coles worker

Coles had a valid reason to sack a long-serving casual worker for restraining a teenage girl suspected of repeated shoplifting, but must pay $6500 compensation after a FWC finding that he did not knowingly breach the retailer's codes and policies in the "one-off" incident.

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