According to The Sydney Morning Herald, an Asian-American couple accused 711 of exploiting employees in tears and blood!
Asian couples Manish and Anshu emigrated to Australia from the Northern Hemisphere in 2006.
Manish says his brother-in-law is a 7 / 11 franchisee! The brother-in-law came to their house, asked them to come to Australia to help him, and would support them and provide them with accommodation; the couple agreed after a moment of consideration.
However, says Manish, it's a hoax!
Although Manish and Anshu lived in their brother-in-law's house in the first year of the year, they had to work for his brother-in-law, Manish said. It was a duty to live in vain.
Their brother-in-law's 7 / 11 franchise is located in the Epping North area of Melbourne. Since 2010, the couple have officially worked for their brother-in-law shop, where Manish is a control operator.
The couple have long known little about Melbourne's reward system, but because they are relatives' stores, they don't have much to worry about.
However, with more and more work and working hours each day, the couple gradually became suspicious of their brother-in-law. In particular, they often work overtime!
Work at least 12 hours a day!
But it's only $10 to $12 an hour!
In the end, Manish and Anshu finally found something wrong!
This is just exploitation of cheap labor!
They angrily questioned brother-in-law, but got a sad refusal! In the end, the relationship also broke up!
From 2010 until 2016, Manish was owed nearly A $ two hundred and fifty thousand in wages and annual leave! And Anshu was owed nearly A $90,000 in wages and vacations!
To their anger, not only did the pay claim fail, Anshu was laid off in January 2016, and Manish was laid off in March 2016.
Manish and Anshu are very sad, they did not expect their hard-working, hard-working for so many years, has been exploited, and now have lost their work! That's their only source of living!
So when Michael Smith, the chairman of 7-Eleven, boasted of their franchises, paid compensation to thousands of unpaid foreign workers, Manish and Anshu simply wanted to stand up and fight back!
Because in August this year, 711 just rejected their application for A $ three hundred thousand for compensation on the grounds that they were related to the franchisees!
It's outraged! Manish and Anshu reported 7 / 11 in anger!
"We sold our souls to this shop, working like slaves, but no one cared! No one cares. Even 711 abandoned us! "- Manish Mehra.
As the Manish report made things big, to quell the incident and restore its reputation! 7 / 11 quickly sent someone to solve the Manish and Anshu problems. Said they could apply for compensation!
At that time, the husband and wife were very happy, thinking that they had finally been given the fair treatment they deserved! However, they were disappointed by the results!
This week, the couple finally filed a lawsuit in Melbourne's Federal Circuit Court. Sue 7 / 11 franchisees Lahkwinder Singh,LD Income Trust and Ell Dee Income Trust!
There are plenty of examples such as Manish and Anshu, and many migrant buddies have been squeezed dry by unscrupulous businesses in the middle of their ignorance!
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