Sally Rugg has argued her salary of $160,000 was not enough to compensate for the overtime she was asked to work as chief-of-staff for teal MP Monique Ryan, with the Federal Court hearing the staffer sometimes put in more than 70 hours a week.
The working relationship between the pair deteriorated because of a number of incidents, the court was told, including when Ms Rugg was admonished by her boss for travelling on a plane while positive for COVID-19.
