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Yum Chan Robina has been fined over staff hours.

A FAVORITE Robina Town Centre yum cha restaurant was fined more than $23, 000 for lying regarding how lengthy staff were working.

Yum Cha Robina Pty Ltd, which operates the Yum Cha Robina Chinese Restaurant, has-been penalised $20, 700 and restaurant supervisor and part-owner Iki Ngai-Ki Wong an additional $2850 after falsifying records for workers making it appear they had worked a lot fewer hours and already been compensated under ended up being actually the way it is.

The fines, imposed in Federal Circuit legal in Brisbane, would be the outcome of a study and litigation by the Fair Perform Ombudsman.

After Fair Work inspectors asked for staff files during an auditing campaign just last year, they were provided false rosters, time sheets and spend files for 45 staff members.

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The employees included intercontinental pupils and international employees on skilled visas and working vacation visas.

The restaurant ended up being fined $26, 000.

Fair Work inspectors found discrepancies whenever a member of staff provided records which were contradictory with information provided by the employer.

Ms Wong later on admitted the documents she had provided were untrue and didn't accurately mirror the hours worked plus the earnings paid.

The appropriate paperwork ended up being later offered, including handwritten rosters showing real hours worked and notebooks showing cash recommendations and cash payments built to staff members.

The actual files showed the staff had usually worked much more hours and been compensated

significantly greater earnings than had been initially stated.

Fair Work inspectors found discrepancies when an employee offered documents that were inconsistent with information provided by the boss.

Fair Work Ombudsman Natalie James said legal action ended up being started due to the deliberate and serious nature of contraventions.

“The Court’s choice should make it clear that record-keeping just isn't optional, and supplying false records to disguise underpayment of staff is serious misconduct, ” she stated.

The Fair Work Ombudsman has also been effective in acquiring a Court order requiring Yum Cha Robina to commission an audit of the compliance with office regulations, report the outcomes toward department and fix any issues discovered.

Fair Perform Ombudsman Natalie James.

The Fair Work Ombudsman in addition has called the situation into Department of Immigration and Border Protection and to the Australian Taxation workplace.

Ms James says it absolutely was unsatisfactory your contraventions occurred despite Fair Work inspectors having put Ms Wong on notice regarding the want to adhere to office laws in 2012 after finding she had been involved with record-keeping contraventions and employee underpayments at another restaurant.