A major home building company has collapsed just 18 months after it was fined more than $40,000 for underpaying a worker.
Designer Projects Victoria Pty Ltd was put into liquidation on Monday after the Federal Circuit and Family Court, in November 2022, fined the company $39,960 for failing to calculate backpay and provide pay slips to a worker.
Director Visna Thanthrige was also fined $3,996 – taking the total penalties to $43,956.
The Melbourne-based home builder is being liquidated, with its assets divided among creditors, just 18 months after the Fair Work Ombudsman secured a conviction.
The company also traded as Designer Projects.
BPS Reconstruction and Recovery managing partner Simon Nelson has been appointed as liquidator of the Melton company first registered in January 2018.
A Fair Work inspector issued a compliance notice to Designer Projects Victoria in November 2021 after suspecting a worker was owed entitlements under the Building and Construction General On-site Award 2020 and the Fair Work Act.
A judge agreed the worker was not paid 220 hours in accrued but untaken annual leave entitlements when his employment ended.
The n Securities and Investments Commission had sought to deregister the company, also trading as Designer Projects, in October 2023.
Daily Mail has contacted the liquidator and the Victorian Building Authority for comment.