[新聞] 澳7-11違法低薪剝削員工可能賠償1億澳幣消失

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1.媒體來源: http://www.smh.com.au/business 雪梨先驅晨報新聞標題 7-Eleven: Wage compensation bill may top $100 million 內文： Convenience store giant 7-Eleven could have to repay up to $100 million in compensation to more than 2000 past and present employees, with the scandal looming as the biggest case of wage fraud in Australian corporate history. Underpayment of staff at 7-Eleven franchises is under Senate scrutiny. Underpayment of staff at 7-Eleven franchises is under Senate scrutiny. Photo: Darrian Traynor A compensation panel headed by former competition tsar Allan Fels is ramping up its processing of claims, and has called for the government to consider establishing a permanent wage fairness panel to adjudicate back pay claims in instances where evidence of systemic worker exploitation is reported at a particular business. Advertisement Professor Fels told Fairfax Media there were 2000 claims from current and former workers at 7-Eleven that were being processed, with new claims still coming in. So far the panel has paid 300 workers a total of $10 million in back pay, which he says is equivalent to an average payout of $38,000. He wouldn't be drawn on how much the final payout would be. But based on the current payout rate, it could be anywhere between $60 million and $100 million. If the tally tops $100 million it would place 7-Eleven's back pay claim as the highest in Australia's history, eclipsing the payout of Ansett workers following the airline's collapse. 'Unfounded guesswork' A spokesman for 7-Eleven said: "Speculating on the quantum of claims is unhelpful, is nothing more than unfounded guess work and adds nothing to the process of remediation. 7-Eleven stands by its commitment that approved claims will be paid." Professor Fels' comments come as a report into 7-Eleven by the Fair Work Ombudsman shows the regulator does not have enough powers to properly crack down on wage abuse in Australia. "We do not have power to compel any employer or other witness to participate in an interview," the report, obtained exclusively by BusinessDay, says. Unlike other regulators that operate in civil jurisdictions like the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, FWO does not have the power to compel employers or witnesses to provide evidence. The report recommended 7-Eleven enter into a compliance partnership with Fair Work to ensure wage fraud is stamped out. The report also recommended 7-Eleven set up a guarantee fund to repay exploited workers, introduce biometric systems to track worker hours and engage an external party to conduct annual audits. 7-Eleven must also publicly accept its moral and ethical responsibility to staff, the report says. Ombudsman's warning Fair Work Ombudsman Natalie James has also flagged taking on the head offices of more large companies in an opinion piece published in BusinessDay. "The law can extend legal liability to individuals involved in the procurement and to companies further up the supply chain," Ms James warns. Professor Fels said while tougher laws and penalties would be useful, the problem of underpayment of wages is widespread in Australia and something much deeper needed to be done. He said there was something to be learned from the 7-Eleven compensation model, which should be considered to be put in law with far less rigorous standards of proof than is required for the courts. "I think one of the elements of a solution would be to impose a degree of liability on the franchisor with payments, without totally discharging the franchisee's obligations," Prof Fels said. "Asking franchisors to make up payment provides a more powerful incentive than fines or even modest court-arranged payments," he said. "The difference with the Fair Work and the panel is to get repayments you need to go to court which requires high standards of evidence, the 7-Eleven model is one where reasonably justified claims are paid, and the size of outcomes that would dwarf what would be possible in court of law." 7-Eleven has previously said it would cover the first $25 million in back pay claims and then expect franchisees to chip in 50￠ in the dollar for every claim over that amount. Yet both the government and Labor appear to have little appetite for increasing the powers of the Fair Work Ombudsman. The Minister for Employment, Michaelia Cash, did not answer questions regarding increasing the powers of Fair Work while shadow employment minister Brendan O'Connor said Labor would consider it but only after consultation with employers. 新聞大意是：過去幾年澳洲7-Eleven聘用大量國際學生當店員而且薪資遠低於澳洲法定薪資被澳洲當地的Fair Work Ombudsman(類似台灣勞工局)調查與裁罰目前澳洲7-Eleven已經賠償300名員工總共1000萬澳幣的薪資補償金(每人約3萬8澳幣) 而現在還有超過2000名7-11的前員工跟現任員工正在申請賠償預估之後此案總共會讓澳洲7-Eleven賠償金額落在6000萬至1億元澳幣之間新聞連結： http://goo.gl/tqxBW6 5.備註: 看了實在很感慨不知道哪時候我們的政府才有這種魄力敢對違法壓榨人力的企業開刀 -- → wallace0960:5樓被4樓摸到受不了 06/18 00:12 → rickwei0816:快出來吧5樓 06/18 00:14 推 NeoChou:三樓房東裝針孔 06/18 00:14 → niccccccccce:快幹死四樓 06/18 00:14 → bluebone1206:他媽的我就幹死你 06/18 00:14 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 125.227.179.157 ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/Gossiping/M.1460452072.A.962.html

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