A TOPLESS barmaid says she was unfairly dismissed after refusing to change kegs in the cool room in her undies.

Nicole Keenan, 29, said she had completed five shifts at Darwin's Airport Hotel when they told her agency they would no longer require her.

"I have been given no reason for the sacking, no warning and no managerial explanation," she told the NT News.

"It wouldn't happen in any other job."

Her sacking came after she was forced to change kegs in the cool room - which is not one of her regular jobs.

"As far as I've been told topless barmaids don't change kegs. It's an OH&S issue," she said.

"You don't go into the freezer in your underwear."

Ms Keenan said she had already budgeted for the regular shifts, which pay more than $60 an hour, and was left "financially stressed" after the unexpected sacking.

"Just because we don't have our tops on doesn't mean we deserve any less respect," she said.

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Originally published as Topless bar fight over frozen assets