#Underpayment
Key lessons SMEs Can Take from recent underpayment cases
Payroll errors rarely happen once, warns SKG’s Tracey Broers. They repeat across pay cycles until someone finally checks.
Café manager hit with $27k fine for attempting to “get away with” underpaying overseas staff
The former manager of an Oliver Brown café on the Gold Coast has been fined $27,200 for ripping off overseas workers. Steven Chung was penalised in the Federal Circuit Court after admitting his involvement in the underpayment of 12 employees at the café in Surfers Paradise. Proceedings were brought against Chung by the Fair […]
Australia’s cleaners underpaid $763,000
A crackdown on cleaning contractors has revealed 1,212 of Australia’s cleaners have been underpaid almost $763,000.
$24,000 penalty for underpaying $6,000
The former owner and operator of a Sydney hair and beauty salon has been fined a total of $24,480 for underpaying a teenage apprentice $6,471.
Travel businesses fined $138,000 for underpaying staff and sham contracting
The Federal Circuit Court has fined two Gold Coast travel businesses almost $138,000 for underpaying six employees…
7-Eleven store facing court for underpayment
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action against the operator of a 7-Eleven store in Brisbane, alleging that he underpaid an overseas worker over $21,000.
Gloria Jean’s café fined $110,000 for underpaying $8 an hour
The operators-owners of a Gloria Jean’s café in Melbourne have been penalized a total of $110,500 for paying employees as little as $8 per hour.
Bottle shops caught underpaying staff
Dozens of liquor stores across New South Wales are in hot water for underpaying workers their minimum entitlements.