Fair Work Ombudsman also publishes a media release alleging that Sushi Bay ACT Pty Lid owned by Rebecca Yi Jeong Shin underpaid 22 workers at Sushi Bay Belconnen a total of $18,671 between November 2015 and March 2016.
It is believed that most of the allegedly exploited employees were Korean national on working holiday ad student visas.
Four of them were teens aged between 17 and 19.
It is alleged that minimum weekday rates, casual loadings, penalty rates for weekend and public holiday work was not paid properly.
The alleged employees were underpaid amounts ranging from $103 to $1992 and Sushi Bay ACT has rectified the underpayments in full.
Fair Work Ombudsman Natalie James said the reason why they commence legal action is that the Ombudsman had received underpayment allegations dating back to 2007 from employees of businesses operated by Ms Shin - and formally cautioned Ms Shin in May 2015 that further action could be taken against her for any contraventions in future.
Ms Shin faces penalties of up to $10,800 per contravention, while the company faces penalties of up to $54,000 per breach.
If the injunction is granted, each could face contempt of court proceedings for any further breach proven in court.
Ms Shin also owns and runs sushi outlets across NSW, Queensland, and the Northern Territory.
If you need any assistance in relation to workplace matter, you can visit www.fairwork.gov.au or call the Fair Work Infoline on 13 13 94. An interpreter service is available on 13 14 50 and you can also report in other languages including Korean.
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