Gilson on South Yarra was last week ordered to pay the mammoth fine - in the midst of a fourth statewide Covid lockdown - following an 11-month Fair Work investigation.
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a court-ordered penalty against a Melbourne-based restaurant operator for failing to pay staff below minimum wage, casual loading, overtime rates, and various other penalty rates.
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Restaurant operators penalised $204,120
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured court-ordered penalties against the operator of an Italian eatery, Gilson Restaurant, in the inner Melbourne suburb of South Yarra.
The Federal Circuit Court has imposed a $170,100 penalty against Domain Botanical Business Pty Ltd and $34,020 against James McBride, the company’s sole director.
The company admitted to having underpaid 40 employees a total of $53,850 between December 2017 and June 2018. Domain Botanical Business paid flat hourly rates, in some cases as low as $18 per hour, for its casuals which failed to meet minimum hourly rates, casual loading, overtime rates and various penalty rates owed under the Restaurant Industry Award 2010.