Another store underpays its students. We explain the story and why its important to speak up.
Daiso is a Japanese chain store which has five stores in Melbourne. This year it was found that Daiso has been underpaying 27 of its staff. This happened a lot at the Mid town plaza store in the city. Mid town was opened in 2012 with others opened shortly afterwards.
Everything there is $2.80 Most of the time when I went into that Daiso most of the staff were really unhappy. Some of them claimed to be local, eventhough they are not.
Most of its staff are on student visas which is a big concern for us. But at least Fair Work has forced Daiso managment to repay their staff and do an enforcable undertaking.
The 27 current and former employees complained to Fair work. This is not the first time that this incident has happened in 2012 where 10 people were underpaid. Most of the employees were not paid all of their entitlements. Most were not paid penalty rates for working nights and weekends. Daiso was forced to pay back $38,000,000 to its employees.
Lets hope that Daiso lifts its game.
Lesson learnt: You need to speak up if you are being unpaid unfairly.
Says Connie of Eastern Legal district centre on AFIS day: " You need to know your rights and the minimum legal pay per hour". The minimum wage is different for each level and you can check on this site .
Otherwise that employer will just get away with their wrongdoing. Most employers do the right thing but there are some that employ international students and think that they can get away with this.
Daiso is a Japanese chain store which has five stores in Melbourne. This year it was found that Daiso has been underpaying 27 of its staff. This happened a lot at the Mid town plaza store in the city. Mid town was opened in 2012 with others opened shortly afterwards.
Everything there is $2.80 Most of the time when I went into that Daiso most of the staff were really unhappy. Some of them claimed to be local, eventhough they are not.
Most of its staff are on student visas which is a big concern for us. But at least Fair Work has forced Daiso managment to repay their staff and do an enforcable undertaking.
The 27 current and former employees complained to Fair work. This is not the first time that this incident has happened in 2012 where 10 people were underpaid. Most of the employees were not paid all of their entitlements. Most were not paid penalty rates for working nights and weekends. Daiso was forced to pay back $38,000,000 to its employees.
Lets hope that Daiso lifts its game.
Lesson learnt: You need to speak up if you are being unpaid unfairly.
Says Connie of Eastern Legal district centre on AFIS day: " You need to know your rights and the minimum legal pay per hour". The minimum wage is different for each level and you can check on this site .
Otherwise that employer will just get away with their wrongdoing. Most employers do the right thing but there are some that employ international students and think that they can get away with this.
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