The five-star Shangri-La Hotel has admitted underpaying 199 workers more than $3 million. Despite the size of the wage theft, the Fair Work Ombudsman will not commence legal action against the company behind the hotel. Instead, it has entered into…
Fair Work has finally made an effort to recover stolen wages, clawing back $148 million in underpayments for 69,735 workers. The sum is a record of back-paid wages and entitlements, and is contained in the regulator's annual report released this…
The National Library of Australia underpaid staff by a whopping $250,000. The underpayments involved both wages and also superannuation over two decades. As a result, the public Commonwealth entity has now entered into an Enforceable Undertaking with the Fair Work…
The ABC has back-paid $11.9 million to 1800 current and former staff. It has signed an Enforceable Undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman as a result. It has also committed to improving its payroll systems and processes. Finally, the public…
A Han's Cafe outlet south of Perth will back-pay 16 workers $27,086 in order to avoid court action. The Fair Work Ombudsman offered Theo Sayoco and his company the chance to enter into an Enforceable Undertaking (EU). The business will…
Another company guilty of wage theft has avoided court action, after Fair Work let them off the hook. Instead of commencing litigation against the employer for wage theft, the regulator entered into an Enforceable Undertaking (EU). Another company guilty of…
Fair Work has let the operators of an Asian supermarket 'off the hook' for wage theft, according to experts. The workplace watchdog chose not to commence litigation, despite the employer underpaying three workers $75,000. Instead, Fair Work entered into an…
An audit has uncovered widespread wage theft at Degani Bakery and Café outlets across the country. The Fair Work Ombudsman found 15 of the 16 audited outlets breaching workplace laws. Audit uncovers widespread wage theft Fair Work targeted 14 Degani outlets…
The Fair Work Ombudsman has been accused of running a 'foot massage department' by an employment law expert. Industrial advocate Miles Heffernan expressed his frustrating at the workplace regulator for entering into "warm and fuzzy" agreements with employers who engage…
The Fair Work Ombudsman has let another company off the hook for wage theft. Instead of prosecuting the company, the regulator has entered into an agreement called an Enforceable Undertaking. The wage theft The operators of the OKS Hair and…