“Where employers do not comply, we will take appropriate action to protect employees. A court can order a business to pay penalties in addition to back-paying workers.”
"India is a large and growing market that offers a broad range of opportunities for Western Australian businesses in innovation and medical life sciences."
The two affected workers were paid flat rates as low as $15 per hour, which resulted in underpayment of the junior hourly rates, casual loadings, and weekend and public holiday penalty rates.
While the family is safe, their home has been destroyed and will need to be demolished and rebuilt. Many of their personal belongings were also lost in the fire.