Exploitation and underpayment of apprentice sees plumbing business in hot water with Fair Work Ombudsman
Coleman Greig
February 9, 2018
A plumbing business has been fined $100,000, and its director $21,500, after it failed to pay overtime to an apprentice and meet its record-keeping obligations. The penalty was high, relative to the underpayment, because of the employer’s dreadful treatment of a young apprentice.
