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Kitiona Efu


Summary

Kitiona Efu, being an employer under the Industrial Relations Act 1999 (PDF, 1.9MB), was prosecuted for failing to pay wages in accordance with the Contract Cleaning Industry Award – State 2003. The employee was engaged as an independent contractor and was paid only $16 for all hours worked and not the applicable award rate and penalty rates for the entire period of employment from 03/1/08 – 28/04/08. EFU was fined $1,500 and ordered to pay $5,525.93 arrears of wages to the employee.

Details
Industry:

Cleaning
Defendant:

Efu, Kitiona
Date of offence:

28 April 2008
Location of offence:

Maroochydore
Offence:

Failure to pay wages.
Court:

Maroochydore Industrial Magistrates Court
Magistrate:

Mr John Parker Esq. Industrial Magistrate
Legislation:

Section 666(1) Industrial Relations Act 1999

Plea:

Ex-parte
Decision date:

11 December 2008
Penalty:
 Fined $1,500 and ordered to pay $5,525.93 arrears of wages.
Professional and legal costs:

-
Court costs:

$74.40
In default period to pay:

Fine default: 15 days imprisonment
Arrears default: levy and distress
Conviction recorded:

Yes

 

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Last updated 29 September 2009