Former restaurant managers fined for underpaying cook
Monday 29 April 2013 @ 11.55 a.m. | Industrial Law
An article in smartcompany.com.au, reports that the former managers of a Melbourne-based Chinese restaurant have been fined $35,000 for underpaying a foreign worker who was employed as a cook.
Zhu Chang Rong and Tao Moqin, formerly the part-owners and managers of Hongyun Chinese Restaurant in Melbourne, were fined $19,500 and $15,600 respectively.
The cook was underpaid $14,927 between June 2010 and May 2011.
The cook is now a permanent resident, but at the time he was in Australia on a bridging visa and spoke limited English.
This case is just one of many recent cases where the Fair Work Ombudsman has targeted businesses, particularly in the hospitality industry, for underpaying foreign workers.
FWO group manager Michael Campbell said in a statement the court action demonstrates the seriousness of the issue.
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