Kids clothing store fined $5 million for exploiting 'vulnerable' migrant workers

Dec 23 2024
9 News.com.au

More than $5 million in fines have been dished out after a NSW children's clothing store was found to have exploited "vulnerable" migrant workers by underpaying wages and denying them super.
Blue Sky Kids Land was found to have underpaid four Chinese migrant workers by $131,920 in total.   
The underpayments ranged between $14,744 to $45,140 in individual wages.

Blue Sky Kids Land charges for underpaying staff
Blue Sky Kids Land was found to have underpaid four Chinese migrant workers by $131,920 in total.
The four women, who spoke very little English, had been underpaid the minimum wage, casual loading, and penalty rates between October 2015 and June 2018.
They also did not receive super payments over the same period.
Two of the workers were underpaid their overtime rates, while another was not paid out the annual leave they were owed when their employment ended.