A Sydney wedding dress company has been ordered to back-pay $21,604, plus superannuation and interest, owing to four workers.
The federal court on December 12 imposed a $30,000 penalty on 10 Foster St Pty Ltd, formerly known as George Elsissa Pty Ltd, which operated a design studio and bridal store in Leichhardt, in Sydney’s inner west.
The Fair Work Ombudsman announced the court orders on Tuesday, after claiming the company had ignored a compliance notice requiring it to calculate and back pay entitlements to four employees it said were underpaid between 2015 and 2021.
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“Two of the employees were young workers, aged 23 to 25 years at the time of their employment,” it said.
The affected employees — who had worked both full-time and part-time in administration and marketing and design roles, including a pattern maker, draper, and a design and sales assistant — had reached out to the FWO for help.
FWO said its inspector formed “a belief the workers were not paid accrued but untaken annual leave entitlements at the end…