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#Underpaid Retail Workers
Employment Legislation ◆
7-Eleven store owner faces Court over $50,000 underpayments
7-Eleven store owner and operator, Harmandeep Singh Sarkaria will face the Federal Circuit Court over allegations that he underpaid two migrant workers almost $50,000 and created erroneous records for the workers. The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) who initiated the legal proceedings has alleged that Mr Sarkaria short-changed one migrant employee from Pakistan $43,633 between 2012 […]
Daniel Jacobs · 2 min
Locked ◆
Retailers slugged with $500,000 in back pay
The Fair Work Ombudsman has found over 750 retail workers across the country were unknowingly underpaid, and the watchdog is asking guilty businesses to reimburse affected staff – at a total cost of $585,000.
Lorna Brett · 2 min