The mother of a young waitress who took her own life after enduring persistent harassment by colleagues hopes her story will encourage others to speak out against workplace bullying.
Brodie Panlock, 19, left behind two brothers and her parents when she took her own life in 2006 after enduring persistent bullying by three of her colleagues at Melbourne's Cafe Vamp.
She was spat on and regularly called names such as fat and ugly.
Nicholas Smallwood, 26, Rhys MacAlpine, 28, and Gabriel Toomey, 23, all pleaded guilty to charges under Victoria's Occupational Health and Safety Act and were fined between $10,000 and $45,000 each.
Convictions were recorded for the men.
Cafe Vamp's owner, Marc Luis Da Cruz, was fined $220,000 for failing to provide a safe workplace.
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