More than $26,500 has been back-paid to 166 staff members at Muffin Break and Jamaica Blue cafes across the country.
The cafe’s franchisor, Foodco, had to back-pay employees under an agreement with the Fair Work Ombudsman.
An independent audit found 152 employees were underpaid, while an additional 12 requests from employees at the cafes led to another 14 employees being back-paid.