Staff at Sushi Bay were underpaid more than $650,000 with 163 employees suffering losses ranging from about $50 to just under $84,000, court finds
The federal court fined Sushi Bay group companies $13.7m for underpaying staff. The company boss Yi Jeong ‘Rebecca’ Shin was also personally ordered to pay $1.6m to the Fair Work Ombudsman, with funds to go to former workers.The federal court fined Sushi Bay group companies $13.7m for underpaying staff. The company boss Yi Jeong ‘Rebecca’ Shin was also personally ordered to pay $1.6m to the Fair Work Ombudsman, with funds to go to former workers.
Shin was the sole director and chief executive of the Sushi Bay group, which operated stores in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. The federal court judge Anna Katzmann earlier found Sushi Bay failed to pay its workers minimum award rates, casual loadings, annual leave loadings, overtime rates and Saturday, Sunday and public holiday penalty rates.Some employees were also unreasonably required to pay part of their wages back to their employers while the companies made false records in an attempt to cover up the conduct.
Booth said taking action to protect vulnerable workers and improving compliance in the fast food, restaurants and cafe sectors was a priority for the ombudsman.
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