Wage Inspectorate Victoria
The owners and operators of Donut King stores located in Rosebud Plaza and Berwick, face 70 criminal charges in the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria over alleged breaches of Victoria’s child employment laws.
The state’s child employment watchdog, Wage Inspectorate Victoria, alleges that between 1 January and 6 July 2024 Minto Nominees Pty Ltd, trading as Donut King Rosebud Plaza and Berwick, contravened the Child Employment Act 2003 by:
- employing 3 children under the age of 15 without a licence on 30 occasions
- failing to ensure the children are supervised by someone with a Working with Children Clearance
- failing to provide a rest break of at least 30 minutes after every 3 hours of work
- employing children for longer than 3 hours per day during a school term
- employing children for longer than 6 hours per day during school holidays.
The maximum penalty for each offence is $47,422.
The matter has been listed for mention in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 21 February 2025.
The Wage Inspectorate will make no
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