Sydney-based cleaning company has been penalised nearly half a million dollars for underpaying.

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Source: The Australian

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. 

The Fair Work Ombudsman, Natalie James, says it was one of the agency's most complex matters.


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By Madhura Seneviratne
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