Salary deductions for mistakes?
A friend's 18yo daughter is working casually at an independent supermarket in Melbourne. She has apparently only done a few shifts and has had minimal training. After a recent shift on the till, when she reconciled the till at the end of her shift she found the cash was $20 short. She has been told she must repay $20.
Is this legal?
Also, at the same place, the shifts for the casual workers are 3 hours and 45 minutes long, yet the staff are almost always kept back for a further 15-20 minutes, which they are never paid for.
Is there a reason why they don't just :confused:make the shifts 4 hours long?