THE operator of a Perth restaurant chain has been fined nearly $40,000 for underpaying the foreign workers she employed.
The operator and franchise owner of several well-known Hans Cafe restaurants, Tram Hoang Han, and several companies she was a sole director of, have been fined a total of $37,500 in the Federal Court of Australia.
Hans management company has entered liquidation, and the three restaurants owned by Ms Han and her company have reportedly collapsed.
Twelve franchised restaurants continue to operate.
Ms Han had shown a flagrant disregard for her obligations to comply with minimum award pay rates, said the Fair Work Ombudsman, which brought the case against her.
She was found to have underpaid 100 employees ac…
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