By Louise Cheer Teenage staff at a Melbourne restaurant weren't making any dough but instead were being paid in pizza by their employer. Restauranteur Ruby Chand was fined $334,818 for underpaying 111 workers at two of his La Porchetta restaurants. Instead Chand offered them discounted pizza and soft drink. The workers were underpaid a total of $258,000. Many of his workers were teenagers with one as young as 13 years old and were employed on a part-time of casual basis between 2009 and 2012. Employees at two La Porchetta restaurants in Pakenham and Berwick were paid in discounted pizza and soft drinks
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More than 100 employees were found to be underpaid by Ruby Chand
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The Melbourne restauranteur employed many teens, some as young as 13
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La Porchetta employees were short-changed between $3 and $25,358
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Chand was warned by Fair Work before for underpaying between 2007-2009
It was discovered almost 60 employees at the Pakenham branch had been underpaid by $130,195 and more than 50 employees at @placeholder had been short-changed $127,824.