The masthead’s relentless pursuit of underpayment in the food industry takes a surprising turn. Plus, reality bites Chris Mitchell
The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald have been fearless in their exposure of wage theft in the restaurant industry. The Sunday Age in particular has exposed some of the biggest names in food for allegedly underpaying staff, including MasterChef judge George Calombaris, Neil Perry, Heston Blumenthal, Teage Ezard and Guillaume Brahimi.
So it was quite surprising to the readers – and many of the papers’ own journalists – when a story about “scared” chefs complaining they’d been unfairly treated by the media appeared in both papers on Thursday. The gist of the story, by one of the papers’ food writers, was that other industries also underpaid staff so why should chefs be under the spotlight, and that industrial relations laws are so complex it’s hard for bosses to comply.
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