Cleaning company hit with record $500k in penalties for exploiting overseas workers

By James Harkness · 8 December 2017 · Locked

Cleaning company hit with record $500k in penalties for exploiting overseas workers

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Summary

The “deliberate”, “repeated” and “systemic” exploitation of three overseas workers has resulted in a West Australian cleaning company, including its husband and wife operators, being hit with nearly $511,000 in penalties for Fair Work breaches. Catherine Paino-Povey, Mark Povey and their company– Commercial and Residential Cleaning Group Pty Ltd – were fined $77,400, $72,240 […]