Mowing franchisor offers to pay franchisees’ fines for lockdown breaches
The founder of home services franchise Jim’s Mowing has reportedly offered to pay any fines issued to his franchisees caught breaching Melbourne’s Stage 4 Covid-19 restrictions, according to a media report.
The offer has resulted in a warning from Victoria Police that they will “crack down hard” on Jim’s Mowing and a statement from the Premier that “there will be no mowing your lawns” until mid-September. In a television interview, Jim’s founder Jim Penman accused the Victorian premier of being a tyrant for the draconian measures.