FWO secures first penalties under serious contraventions laws for ‘repeat offender’

Employment 2020-11-16 3:57 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen | Melbourne

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The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured its first penalties under ‘serious contraventions’ provisions of the Fair Work Act, seeing a recidivist former Han’s Café franchisee in Perth and general manager slapped with $230,000 in fines for the”cavalier” and “entirely unacceptable” underpayment of vulnerable, young migrant workers.

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