Regulator Blasts ‘Disregard’ for Child Employment Laws

Parents would have “every right to feel let down” after the latest breach of Victoria’s child employment laws, the regulator says. TK Maxx, which has more than 80 stores across Australia, has admitted one of its Victorian stores employed two young children without the required permit. Wage Inspectorate Victoria charged the company with the breaches following a compliance blitz in December 2022. The inspectorate found the Werribee store in Melbourne’s southwest was employing a child aged under 15 without a permit. It warned the business the child must stop work immediately but TK Maxx Werribee instead hired a second child without a permit the following week....