Domino’s checks it is serving fair pay packets

Sarah Stowe


Major pizza chain DominoÕs has followed a lead set by McDonaldÕs and signed up to a national audit designed to ensure the pay packets of its 11,000-strong workforce in Australia are accurate.

Fair Work Ombudsman Nicholas Wilson today welcomed the companyÕs decision to sign a Pro-Active Compliance Deed, following an example set by McDonaldÕs last year.

“We congratulate DominoÕs for also showing corporate responsibility to the thousands of young and casual workers on its payroll,” Wilson said.

The Pro-Active Compliance Deed was negotiated with DominoÕs after the Fair Work Ombudsman advised it had received complaints from more than 20 employees, mostly delivery drivers, about underpayments.

Under the Deed, posted on the Fair Work OmbudsmanÕs website, DominoÕs has agreed to audit a sample of employment records for the period March 29 to April 11, 2010 and April 18 to May 1, 2011. The process, which will include both metropolitan and regional pizza stores, is expected to take until the end of March, 2012, after which DominoÕs will provide a report on its findings to the Fair Work Ombudsman.

DominoÕs is undertaking the task voluntarily and has agreed to immediately correct any underpayments it might discover.

In a statement Domino’s said “This initiative is designed to ensure all team members are receiving their correct entitlements.”