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Melbourne restaurant wage theft: Nepalis among workers receiving back pay

Friends embracing at the restaurant

A representative image of a happy restaurant worker. Credit: Frazao Studio Latino/Getty Images

The Fair Work Ombudsman has signed an Enforceable Undertaking with the operator of a Melbourne restaurant, which has back-paid more than $194,000 to 38 workers, including visa holders from Nepal and India.


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