A court has penalised a Melbourne painting company almost $60,000 for refusing to pay a worker unfair dismissal compensation. The company also failed to pay the migrant worker outstanding annual leave entitlements. Painting company refuses to pay worker The Federal…
A Queensland sole trader has been accused of ripping off three cleaners and housekeepers. The Fair Work Ombudsman also alleges the employer ignored two Compliance Notices, requiring him to back-pay the workers. Queensland sole trader accused of ripping off workers…
The Fair Work Ombudsman is once again targeting Brisbane businesses in its latest wage theft blitz. Restaurants, cafes and fast food outlets will be audited by inspectors to ensure they are paying proper wages and entitlements to staff. Brisbane businesses…
A Victorian massage parlour operator has been penalised $19,100 for underpaying a Chinese worker $13,552. The employer also admitted to providing false records to the Fair Work Ombudsman in a bid to cover up to wage theft. Massage parlour operator…
A Melbourne restaurateur has been hit with $209,000 in penalties for underpaying overseas workers. Judge Grant Riethmuller noted many of those affected by the wage theft are visa holders who speak Mandarin as their primary language. “Employees with these backgrounds…
A care and respite facility has been penalised $41,580 for deliberately underpaying two disability support workers $84,450. The Federal Circuit Court penalised Lovely Care Pty Ltd $36,000 and its director, secretary and shareholder Elizabeth Bonilla $5,580. Care and respite facility…
A Sydney-based mortgage broker is facing court after allegedly paying a nanny just $2.33 an hour. Kit (Tony) Lam is accused of forcing the Filipino woman to work between 88 to 106 hours each week between May 2016 and May…
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.…
Half of all migrant workers have their wages stolen, according to a new report. The Migrant Workers' Taskforce report makes 22 recommendations to tackle wage theft among thousands of migrant workers and also foreign students. Half of all migrant workers…
The operator of a printing business is facing court after allegedly ignoring an order to back-pay 14 migrant workers $230,000. The Fair Work Commission issued the business with a Compliance Notice last year, requiring it to back-pay the workers by…