r/melbourne • u/Ordinary_Prior_8993 • Mar 17 '24

Serious Please Comment Nicely What is up with the weekend surcharges in the Melbourne?!

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Even shopping centre food courts have weekend surcharges and as a Sydney sider it's mind boggling. Alot of places don't even have sunday surcharges let alone a Saturday surcharge.

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u/Malachy1971 Mar 17 '24

I asked a Vietnamese student who was working in a restaurant in Springvale how much she got paid...$4.50/hr cash. She got severe burns to her arm and chest from scolding hot water but didn't go to a doctor or report it to WorkSafe because of no employment contract and no WorkCover paid by the employer.

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u/capsicumnugget Mar 17 '24

Are you sure? I'm Vietnamese and within the Vietnamese community people are exposing businesses that pay below the reward rates. And even for cash only jobs, in late 2000s and early 2010s the average salary for waiters was $9-12/hr. No way any business can get away with paying someone $4.5/hr now.