Staff paid in food, cafe fined $140k

Timi Trading Pty Ltd, which runs the Cafe 63 Chermside, in the Westfield shopping centre in Brisbane’s northern suburbs, has been ordered to pay $95,000 by the Federal Circuit Court as part of legal action taken by the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO).The FWO brought the case as part of a wider crackdown on claims of wage-theft in the hospitality industry in Queensland.The Cafe 63 chain has 37 outlets across Queensland and has long trading hours, trading from 7am til 10pm in Chermside.

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