More than 100 low-paid cleaners who worked at Melbourne’s Federation Square and Crown Casino had their wages illegally docked and their pay records falsified to cover up the corrupt practice.
The cleaners, many of whom were young workers and migrants, had so-called “administration fees” of about $25 taken out from their pay every week, while lesser amounts for “meal fees” were also regularly deducted.
Labour-hire firm Oz Staff Career Services made the unlawful deductions of $130,000 from the wages of 102 cleaners in Melbourne over two years from December 2011 to May 2013.
The scandal is the latest to draw attention …
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