Sushi Bay group companies were ordered to pay fines totalling $13.7 million by the Federal Court on Monday after it was revealed workers were deliberately denied entitlements including penalty rates and annual leave payments.
Record fines have been dished out for the "audacious" underpayment of migrant workers by a once-sprawling Aussie sushi chain.
Workers at the Sushi Bay companies, most of which are now in liquidation, were underpaid more than $650,000 with 163 employees suffering losses ranging from around $50 to just under $84,000, according to court documents. The penalties are the highest ever secured by the Fair Work Ombudsman, eclipsing the $10.34 million against the Commonwealth Bank and CommSec earlier this year for underpaying employees more than $16 million.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.
Booth said taking action to protect vulnerable workers and improving compliance in the fast food, restaurants and café sectors was a priority for the ombudsman.In March, the Sushi Bay group was ordered by the court to repay various sums representing the amounts their employees had been underpaid plus interest.
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