GPS cleaning company treated vulnerable employees as ‘slaves’: court – The Border Mail

GPS cleaning company treated vulnerable employees as ‘slaves’: court exit Xiao Teng was supporting her partner who was undergoing chemotherapy when cleaning company Grouped Property Services Pty Ltd stopped paying her. Her colleague Freddy Herrera, an engineering student from Colombia, worked for GPS for five hours a day, seven days a week and “was grossly…

Fair Work Ombudsman secures near-record fines over ‘phoenix’ scheme – The Australian Financial Review

A Sydney labour hire firm has been ordered to pay more than $670,000 over its use of a sophisticated phoenixing operation to underpay foreign workers and treat them like “slaves”. The Federal Court on Wednesday ordered Grouped Property Services, which provides cleaning services, to pay near-record penalties of $447,300 and backpay of $223,244 to 49 employees after…

Insolvency appointments Apr 21 to Jun 6 2017 – Business News

Firm Appointee/Solicitor Role Company Name Published Date Deloitte Jason Tracy administrator India Resources Limited 6/06/2017 RSM Gregory Bruce Dudley liquidator Accent Granite Pty Ltd 6/06/2017 Ticcidew Insolvency Simon Roger Coad liquidator Westoz Racking Installations Pty Ltd 6/06/2017 Worrells Solvency & Forensic Accountants Mervyn Jonathan Kitay administrator Passione Toscana Pty Ltd 6/06/2017 Sheridans Jennifer Elizabeth Low…