A South Australian Domino’s Pizza franchisee, Team Van Diemen SA Pty Limited, has been banned from hiring trainees or apprentices following a six-month investigation by the South Australian Skills Commission. The company, which runs 12 Domino’s Pizza stores across the state, has been declared a “prohibited employer” after failing to meet required training standards under the South Australian Skills Act 2008.
As part of the ban, Mr. Mark Peter Johnson, the sole Director of Team Van Diemen SA Pty Limited, is also now on the list of prohibited employers.
The investigation found that the company failed to meet its training responsibilities. Since it started in 2021, the company signed 269 training contracts, but only 48 were completed successfully. Another 72 were withdrawn, and 145 were ended because trainees didn’t get enough off-job training. After the ban, the remaining active contracts were also ended, but the South Australian Skills Commission is offering help to those people so they can continue their training elsewhere.
The South Australian Skills Commission makes sure employers provide both on-the-job and off-the-job training. In 2024, investigations into employers rose by 27%, including unannounced site visits, to address compliance issues early and maintain the integrity of the apprenticeship and traineeship system.
“With over 12,000 registered employers in the state, the majority of those reviewed were found to be compliant with their obligations,”Minister for Education, Training and Skills Blair Boyer said. “However, it is crucial to take action against those who are not meeting their obligations, to maintain the integrity of our training system.”
“The SDA is concerned about the misuse of traineeships in retail and fast food,” SDA SA Secretary Josh Peak said. “Traineeships are there to provide workers with real skills, not to pay workers less or rort the taxpayer.
“If a retail or fast food worker is requested to undertake a traineeship, they should be doing so of their own free will. All traineeships must provide a meaningful benefit to the workers undertaking them.”
For more information, the South Australian Skills Commission’s Prohibited Employer Register is available on their website.
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