Hairdresser who worked a 15-year-old apprentice on 50-hour weeks fined $77,000 after underpaying overtime
A hairdressing business has fallen into hot water with the FWO after failing to pay a 15-year-old worker proper overtime pay.
A hairdresser which “generally” worked a 15-year-old apprentice for 50-hours a week has been fined $70,000 for underpayments.
NSW-based Hair-Rass Me underpaid the apprentice $14,507 in 2015-16, the Federal Circuit Court found.
The business, which has since been liquidated, and its director, who was also fined $7,873, have been ordered to back-pay the worker in full, plus interest.
The worker, aged between 15 and 17 at the time, generally worked 50-hour weeks and was underpaid through a lack of overtime, apprentice rates, penalty rates and annual leave entitlements.
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