A Brisbane builder’s fine has jumped from $1200 to $20,000 after the company appealed its original penalty for illegally paying workers who were on strike at a South Brisbane site.
The breach occurred in 2013 during the construction of Arena Apartments, when Hutchinson Builders paid the workers who were taking unlawful industrial action.
After the appeal of the original fine, Hutchinson Builders were found to have contravened strike pay provisions in the Fair Work Act.