The owner of a Pizza Hut on the Gold Coast has been ordered to pay over $215,000 in fines and compensation, for the exploitation of a delivery driver and for falsifying his records.
The Federal Circuit Court, after the Fair Work Ombudsman, took action for 20 year old Humit Vijan.
The Pizza Hut owner had Mr Vijan listed as an independent contractor, drastically underpaying him and forcing him to borrow money from his family in India to pay for rent.
Mr Vijian has been paid back the estimated $7,000 he was owed by the franchise.