Massive $125,000 fine in employment law ‘test case’
Lawyers had described it as a test case on whether employers are effectively guilty until proven innocent in terms of wages record-keeping. Now, the operator of two sushi outlets has been hit with a monster penalty in excess of $125,000.
In June this year, law firm Macpherson Kelley said the Fair Work Ombudsman prosecution against A&K Property Services, which operates several sushi outlets in Queensland, would test a 2017 legal change to the Fair Work Act.
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