7-Eleven owner fined for underpayments

The former owner of a Brisbane 7-Eleven store has been fined $168,000 for underpaying workers.

A former Brisbane 7-Eleven operator has been fined $168,000 for short-changing workers and falsifying records to conceal the underpayments.

Jim Chien-Ching Chang paid eight staff at his West End store as little as $13 an hour in 2013 and 2014, resulting in a total underpayment of $19,937, and he also made false entries into the payroll system to cover it up.

The Federal Circuit Court imposed the fine following a lengthy investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman, which has taken legal action against nine 7-Eleven operators since 2009.


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