11 January 2012
(image Herald Sun)
The operator of a Hungry Jack’s fast food outlet at Bendigo in Victoria’s Goldfields region has been penalised $46,200 after the Fair Work Ombudsman found it had been underpaying its 180-strong workforce for more than four years.
The Federal Magistrates Court in Melbourne imposed the penalty against Chamdale Pty Ltd, which operates the Hungry Jack’s outlet on the corner of High and Thistle streets in Bendigo.
Federal Magistrate Norah Hartnett found the company had underpaid 180 workers – mostly juniors, including some school-based apprentices – a total of $104,946 between July, 2005 and December, 2009.
The largest individual underpayment was $8218. Twenty-nine employees were underpaid more than $1000.
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