"Newcastle Dumpling Restaurant Operators In Court,"

The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action against the operators of a dumpling restaurant in Newcastle for an alleged breach affecting vulnerable migrant workers.

Facing court are Kailiang Chen and Alex Du, who operate Dumpling Land in Wallsend as a partnership...

Most of the workers were international students with some aged 24 and under at the time of employment.

The workers were engaged in full-time, part-time and casual roles as food and beverage attendants, kitchen hands and delivery drivers.

The Fair Work Ombudsman alleges Mr Chen and Mr Du, without a reasonable excuse, failed to fully comply with the Compliance Notice, which required them to calculate and back-pay the workers’ entitlements.

It is alleged Mr Chen and Mr Du have back-paid some workers but back-payments to 12 workers remain outstanding.

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