The former operators of a resort near Perth have been fined a total of $23,100 for underpaying three employees.
Matthew Marinko Pavlinovich - who formerly owned and ran the El Caballo
Resort at Wundowie, just east of Perth - has been fined $3850.
Pavlinovich’s private company MMP Management Services Pty Ltd, through
which he operated the resort, has been fined a further $19,250.
The fines, imposed in the Federal Magistrates Court in Perth, are the result of a prosecution by the Fair Work Ombudsman.
Federal Magistrate Toni Lucev imposed the fines after Pavlinovich
admitted he was centrally involved in underpaying three female employees
at the resort a total of $6533 between January and December, 2009.
The employees - a stable manager, gardener and function manager - were
underpaid $4002, $2222 and $309 respectively in wages and annual leave
entitlements.
The underpayments were rectified only after inspectors made multiple requests for back-payment over several months.
Fair Work Ombudsman Nicholas Wilson says the Court’s decision
illustrates that non-compliance with fundamental workplace laws relating
to minimum pay rates and employment records are serious matters.
Source: Hospitality Magazine
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The below article was sourced from the
Hospitality Magazine of Australia. It discusses in a very simple matter which
is underpayment of staff throughout the Tourism and Hospitality Industry. Like
any business it is understandable that costs need to be minimized whilst
effectiveness and efficiently must be maximised. However when staff are
underpaid it is a serious matter. The article discusses that the Resort in
Perth minimized its costs by cutting staff wages and providing misleading
annual leave to staff. The owners were fined thousands of dollars and legal
issues are still being held.
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