7-Eleven shop owners aren’t the only employers short-changing staff and deliberately ignoring workers’ rights.
A Malaysian restaurant in inner Sydney was last week fined almost $300,000 for using false records to disguise wage underpayments.
Six staff members at the Mamak restaurant, five of which were visa-holders, were paid as little as $11 an hour between February 2012 and April 2015.
Fair Work Ombudsman Natalie James said the agency is strongly committed to taking pro-active action to improve compliance within the hospitality industry.
To read more about the Mamak restaurant case, click here.
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