Federal Circuit Court has ordered an owner and operator of two Sushi food outlets to pay $108,000 of penalties following a Fair Work audit that identified they failed to keep proper pay records and conditions.
Company Penalised For No Records
Director Yong Sin Kim was fined $10,660; fellow directors Kang and Lee were fined $3,500 each.
Fair Work Inspectors audited the outlets and found no proper time or wage records, nor were payslips issued.
Nine visa holders were underpaid a total of $19,467 in wages and $7,416 in superannuation between October and December 2017. All workers were working in Australia on working holiday, student and vocational education visas.
Individual payments ranged from $214 to $4,857, equating to 7.69%–43.32% of wages owed.
Workers were underpaid minimum ordinary hourly rates, weekend penalty rates and overtime rates under the Fast Food Industry Award 2010. No annual or personal leave was accrued. All the directors were involved in leave breaches. All wages and superannuation has been back-paid.
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Source: Fair Work
Title: Sushi operators penalised $125,000
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