$120,000 in penalties for “reckless or careless” retailer who underpaid three workers $90,000

Something Aussie Pty Ltd has been penalised $101,400 and its sole director, Kuan Kok Kan, a further $20,280 in the Federal Circuit Court in Melbourne following legal action by the Fair Work Ombudsman. Something Aussie and Kan paid the employees flat rates as low as $16 and $17 an hour, underpaying their minimum hourly rates, weekend and public holiday penalty rates and casual loadings as prescribed by the General Retail Industry Award 2010.

$120,000 in penalties for “reckless or careless” retailer who underpaid three workers $90,000