Australian Outlet Fined For Underpaying Non-English Speaking Staff

Canberra: An Australian fast-food outlet was fined A$72,000 ($52,500) for underpaying their non-English-speaking staff, authorities said on Friday. The case involved a 71-year-old employee who was born and raised in China working at a “Wok Me” outlet in Rockhampton city, Queensland state, where he was underpaid nearly A$13,000 over four months in 2016 by former outlet owner and operator Luke McGrath and his company, reports Xinhua news agency. “The significant underpayment over such a short period was a result of the worker not being paid any wages for eight of the weeks he worked,” the authorities said. (IANS)