Australia: Operators of three Sydney & Melbourne Din Tai Fung restaurants penalised AUD 4 million for underpaying Chinese & Indonesian workers
Summary
Date Reported: 11 Apr 2024
Location: Australia
Companies
DTF World Square - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - China , Restaurants & bars , Gender not reported , Documented migrants ) , Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - Indonesia , Restaurants & bars , Gender not reported , Documented migrants )Issues
Wage TheftResponse
Response sought: No
Action taken: The Federal Court has imposed penalties of $1.99 million against DTF World Square.
Source type: News outlet
Summary
Date Reported: 11 Apr 2024
Location: Australia
Companies
DTF World Square - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - China , Restaurants & bars , Gender not reported , Documented migrants ) , Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - Indonesia , Restaurants & bars , Gender not reported , Documented migrants )Issues
Wage TheftResponse
Response sought: No
Action taken: The Federal Court has imposed penalties of $1.99 million against DTF World Square
Source type: News outlet
Summary
Date Reported: 11 Apr 2024
Location: Australia
Companies
Selden Farlane Lachlan Investments - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - China , Restaurants & bars , Gender not reported , Documented migrants ) , Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - Indonesia , Restaurants & bars , Gender not reported , Documented migrants )Issues
Wage TheftResponse
Response sought: No
Action taken: $1.89 million was also imposed against Selden Farlane Lachlan Investments.
Source type: News outlet
“Former Din Tai Fung operators penalised $4 million by Fair Work”
The former operators of three Din Tai Fung restaurants in Sydney and Melbourne have been penalised $4 million in court by Fair Work for underpaying workers and falsifying records…
“[They] deliberately deprived the employees of their legislated entitlements and contrived to disguise their wrongdoing through the creation of a false set of records,” says Katzmann…
The Federal Court has imposed penalties of $1.99 million against DTF World Square Pty Ltd which employed workers at Din Tai Fung restaurants at the World Square shopping centre in the Sydney CBD, Chatswood and Emporium shopping centre in the Melbourne CBD.
$1.89 million was also imposed against Selden Farlane Lachlan Investments Pty Ltd, which employed workers at the Emporium store; $92,232 against former General Manager of DTF World Square Ms Hannah Handoko (also known as Vera Handoko); and $105,084 against former HR Coordinator of DTF World Square Ms Sinthiana Parmenas…
Majority of the workers were Visa holders from Indonesia and China in casual roles, plus four four-time employees who were sponsored by DTF World Square Pty Ltd…
“…Their actions resulted in vulnerable migrant workers being underpaid hundreds of thousands of dollars,” says Fair Work Ombudsman Anna Booth…