An HR professional has been fined more than $100k, amid more than $4 million in penalties handed down after a "deliberate" scheme to deprive workers of their entitlements. <!–MORE–>
Federal Court Justice Anna Katzmann fined the former HR coordinator of DTF World Square, which operated the Din Tai Fung restaurants in Sydney and Melbourne, $105,084 for her involvement in numerous contraventions of the Fair Work Act.
DTF itself was fined $1,997,100 for its breaches, while associated company Selden Farlane Lachlan Investments was fined $1,896,300, and their joint general manager received $92,232 in penalties.
Justice Katzmann found the two companies, now in liquidation, deliberately underpaid 17 employees more than $157k between 2017 and 2018, although one worker was underpaid over a four-year period…An HR professional has been fined more than $100k, amid more than $4 million in penalties handed down after a "deliberate" scheme to deprive workers of their entitlements. <!–MORE–>
Federal Court Justice Anna Katzmann fined the former HR coordinator of DTF World Square, which operated the Din Tai Fung restaurants in Sydney and Melbourne, $105,084 for her involvement in numerous contraventions of the Fair Work Act.
DTF itself was fined $1,997,100 for its breaches, while associated company Selden Farlane Lachlan Investments was fined $1,896,300, and their joint general manager received $92,232 in penalties.
Justice Katzmann found the two companies, now in liquidation, deliberately underpaid 17 employees more than $157k between 2017 and 2018, although one worker was underpaid over a four-year period… Read MoreHR Daily