Fair Work Ombudsman v Foot & Thai Massage Pty Ltd (in liq) & Ors

INDUSTRIAL LAW – where respondents found to have contravened the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) in multiple respects, what orders should be made – where employees found to have been underpaid but received some payments under a deed of company arrangement before proceeding commenced, whether an order should be made that the amount of underpayments in excess of payments made under the deed be paid to the applicant for payment out to the employees – whether compensation should be awarded for non-economic loss – where respondents not previously found to have contravened the Act but contravening conduct extensive, serious and deliberate; occurred over a period of four years; and no contrition exhibited – civil double jeopardy – where overlap in the conduct constituting multiple contravention

Michael Seck and Bronwyn Byrnes appeared for the Applicant.

Reasons for the decision can be found here.