Editing Subway (restaurant) (section)

===Underpaying workers===
In 2019, the Fair Work Ombudsman found that 17 Australian-based Subway franchises had underpaid workers.<ref name="ABCunderpay">{{cite news |last1=Ryan |first1=Peter |title=Subway forced to cough up workers' unpaid wages in crackdown on fast-food sector |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-01/subway-employees-recover-unpaid-wages/11563342 |access-date=26 December 2019 |agency=ABC News |date=1 October 2019 |archive-date=December 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224111400/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-01/subway-employees-recover-unpaid-wages/11563342 |url-status=live }}</ref> The lengthy investigation by the Ombudsman specifically found that franchises failed to pay the employees minimum wages, casual loadings, holiday and overtime rates, and did not issue proper pay slips or keep proper employment records.<ref name=ABCunderpay/> The investigation resulted in over $81,000 being recovered in unpaid wages for over 160 employees.<ref name=ABCunderpay/> Subway responded by introducing a rolling audit of franchisee employment records and commented that franchise agreements could be terminated if franchisees failed to meet Australian workplace laws and Subway's internal standards of operation.<ref name=ABCunderpay/>