Australian Immigration Daily News

The former operators of a Melbourne dental practice are facing fresh allegations of significantly underpaying a 457 visa-holder, in a new Fair Work Ombudsman legal action.

Facing the Federal Circuit Court are Nobrace Centre Pty Ltd and its former part-owner and operator, Dr Ari Masters, who formerly operated the No Brace Centre dental clinic in the Melbourne CBD.

The legal action relates to a South Korean national, then aged in his late 20s, who was allegedly underpaid a total of $36,693 for work he performed as a dental technician at the clinic between March 2012 and February 2014.

Nobrace allegedly paid the worker, who it was sponsoring on a 457 visa, a flat rate of $15 per hour over the course of his employment. This allegedly resulted in the worker being underpaid the base hourly, Saturday, overtime and public holiday rates required under the Health Professionals and Support Services Award 2010. Public holiday pay was allegedly also underpaid.

To read the full report click here: Dental-practice-underpays-457-holder.pdf.