Business by Vanda Carson & Greg Stolz 5th Feb 2021 5:29 AM
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Subscriber only A Gold Coast cafe owner has been slapped with a $19,000 fine for wage theft from her young workers. Natasha Doumani, 26, from Broadbeach Waters, owner of the 3 Beans cafe in Broadbeach, and her company were fined by the Federal Circuit Court for underpaying two workers by $31,795 and then deliberately failing to comply with demands from investigators from the Fair Work Ombudsman. Â Â Ms Doumani must pay $3000 and her company must pay $16,000. She told the court that her company is in a poor financial position but now pays all entitlements to its employees as required by the award.