Fair Work is targeting the Bundaberg horticulture industry with a wage theft sting. Inspectors will audit 40 businesses in the region, including farms, labour hire contractors and accommodation providers. The compliance checks come as a result of wage theft complaints…
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…
A stone fruit farm has been penalised $144,000 for 'deliberate and conscious' wage theft involving two workers. The Federal Circuit Court was scathing of the conduct of Zucco Farming Pty Ltd, which operates a stone fruit farm near Swan Hill.…