Monday 7 November 2022 11:37 PM 85 Degrees cafe chain fined for paying 'interns' $6 an hour, making them work ... trends now
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A Sydney cafe chain has been found guilty of exploiting eight 'interns' and paying the university students from Taiwan just $6-an-hour.
In total, 85 Degrees Coffee Australia Pty Ltd underpaid the workers $430,000 in under a year.
The so-called interns had made the journey to Sydney through a deal arranged by a company related to the cafe chain.
They were made to work up to 70 hours a week, earning between $1650 and $1750 a month from July 2016 to June 2017. That equates to less than $6 an hour.
The chain was fined $475,000 by the Federal Court for exploiting the students, who had come from Taipei City University of Science and Technology in Taiwan.
In total, 85 Degrees Coffee Australia Pty Ltd underpaid the eight workers $430,000 in under a year
