A Sydney-based cleaning company is facing near-record penalties after it was found to have exploited vulnerable employees. Brothers Rosario and Enrico Pucci have both been fined, while Grouped Property Services has been penalised nearly half a million dollars for underpaying employees, many of them foreign workers with limited English.
Ombudsman Nicole Jones applauded the fact that some vulnerable workers came forward to the Fair Work Ombudsman for help, declaring "we can protect visa holders including around their visa conditions if they come to us for help. We have an arrangement with the Department of Immigration to make sure their visa is not compromised if they work with us to bring operators like this to justice."
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