Hungry Jack's fined $100,500 for underpaying junior staff

Hungry Jack's has been fined for underpaying junior staff hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The fast food outlet admitted to underpaying 693 of its Tasmanian employees a total of $665,695 between 2006 and 2008, in the Federal Magistrates' Court in Melbourne.

Magistrate Philip Burchardt described the underpayment as enormous and fined Hungry Jacks $100,500.

"More than 30 employees were underpaid more than $4000 each and the highest individual underpayment was over $10,000," he said.

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