7-Eleven Wage Fraud: A Centrist and Financial View

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Sydney Morning Herald
A Joint Investigation into 7-Elevens in Australia by Fairfax Media and Four Corners revealed
the systematic underpayment of the employees and doctoring of Payroll records. After the
investigation was revealed, there have been class-action suits against the owner of 7-Eleven
for wage fraud.
The government and politicians have created an issue regarding the same, but there has been
no action taken by the government. The question also remains of how an organization such as
7-Eleven, which operates on the franchise model, with a 57/43 per cent profit split, can
exploit their workers on the scale that has been unearthed. The business model that was
adopted has been creating immense losses for the franchise owners., who receive only 43% of
the profit and are expected to pay employee wages from the 43%. Many owners operated at a
loss.
It could be said that the fault was in the hands of the corporate office, and any investigation
that they have instigated was revealed to be smoke screens in order to protect the corporate
office. In the end, it is the poor who have to suffer for the demands of the rich. The poor
employees and franchisee owners take a majority of the hit in order to make profits for the
head office.
The main fault of this could be rested on the corporate office, who have demanded a great
amount of profit from the franchisee owners. The franchise owners would not be able to
afford the amount that they have on employee fees. This is the main reason that employees
are not being paid fairly. However, it is due to the fault of the government and the regulations
that have been put forward by the government that corporations are able to overcharge the
franchisee owners to such an extent that they are forced to take the salaries.

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Summary
The Sydney Morning Herald offers a centrist view on most issues that are going on. The
owner of the Sydney Morning Herald is Fairfax Media, which is also the investigating media
house. This would mean that the Sydney Morning Herald would have an editorial that is in
line with the investigating team, and which supports the investigation to the maximum degree
that is possible (Gao, 2018). The editorial thus looks at the facts of the investigation, and the
various consequences of the actions that have been taken. Since the Sydney Morning Herald
offers a centrist view, the editorial is mainly neutral and offers the public the chance to make
their opinions based on the facts (McKenzie, 2018). This editorial is the one that will
however, question the organizational office and the government for lack of action and
provide as much facts into the case as possible. The business model that has led to the
systematic theft, and the rules and regulations would not be discussed in the editorial, since it
is a paper that is meant for the masses, and the main aim of the editorial would be to inform
the public on the investigation that is being conducted (Osborne, 2017). The main issue
would also be the fact that international students are the ones that have been targeted the
most. Most centrist newspapers and those that lean to the left in terms of their political
opinions have the same kind of news (Mee, 2017). The same kind of opinion, that it is the
people and the employees who have been employed by the organizations in the franchisees
and in many ways, the franchisee owners are the ones that are suffering the most due to the
alleged malpractice in the organization.
The Financial Review
Fairfax Media and Four Corners have a joint media investigation that revealed the systematic
underpayment of employees at 7-Eleven, which is one of the largest franchisee chains in