SEVEN stadium cleaning companies have been forced to back-pay 270 workers $25,292 following a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation. The workplace watchdog conducted surprise visits to major stadiums around Australia after receiving complaints about underpayments in addition to sham contracting. Stadium…
Wage theft raids in Brisbane and Melbourne have recovered $1,212,727 for 131 fast food, hospitality and retail workers. Industrial advocates say the raids are further proof that wage theft is endemic in many industries. Wage theft raids in Brisbane and…
Workers in the Geelong area have been back-paid $431,875 as a result of surprise audits by the Fair Work Ombudsman. The audit is part of a wider series of proactive investigations targeting regional university cities. The regulator says employers in…
Brisbane's popular West End food precinct is the latest area to be targeted by the Fair Work Ombudsman. The aim of the audits is to check that businesses are paying their workers proper wages and entitlements. Consequently, inspectors are conducting…
The Bundaberg horticulture industry is being targeted by Fair Work inspectors. The audits are a result of complaints of underpayments in the horticulture industry in the area. Consequently, the operation is targeting 40 businesses, including farms, labour hire contractors and…
The operator of a chain of sushi outlets has copped a huge $124,416 penalty for deliberately underpaying migrant workers in Canberra. The Federal Circuit Court penalised Rebecca Yi Jeong Shin, who owns and operates ‘Sushi Bay Belconnen’ $20,736, and her…
Innes Willox, chief executive of the Australian Industry Group, has once again urged governments not to make wage theft a criminal offence, and continues to maintain his ridiculous argument that it should not be referred to as 'theft'. The call…
Fair Work Ombudsman inspectors raided more than 80 businesses in Geelong's university precinct last week after numerous complaints of wage theft. The surprise workplace compliance checks started on Monday, and included businesses located at Waurn Ponds, Geelong Waterfront, Grovedale, Newtown…
One in five workers is being underpaid, according to new audit by the Fair Work Ombudsman, suggesting that wage theft is a national problem affecting tens of thousands of workers. Fair Work inspectors raided more than 1,300 businesses in towns…
An audit of Domino's takeaway pizza outlets has revealed almost all of the stores are not complying with workplace laws, with most ripping off their workers and not keeping proper wage records. While individual stores seem incapable of paying legal…