A farm business is facing huge penalties for exploiting vulnerable two migrant workers. The company allegedly underpaid the employees more than $28,000, falsified records to hide the wage theft, in addition to making unlawful deductions. Farm business facing huge penalties…
Wage theft has cost a first aid company $300,000 in penalties for "fragrant disregard" of their staff. Paul Tempany, who runs Acute Health Pty Ltd underpaid six employees $13,715 over two years. Wage theft costs first aid company The Federal…
A sushi outlet operator has been penalised $200,000 for running a dodgy internship program that exploited young overseas workers. The dodgy internship scheme resulted in three workers missing out on $51,025 in wages. Dodgy internship program Hyo Jun ‘John’ Kwon…
Two service station operators are facing court for making staff pay for losses when customers drive-off without paying for fuel. It is unlawful to make deductions from a worker's wages for breakages, till balance shortages or customer drive offs. Service…
Withholding redundancy payments is a common form of wage theft, according to employment law experts. Industrial advocate Miles Heffernan said many bosses refuse to pay outstanding entitlements when a worker finishes employment. "It's very common for bosses to without redundancy…
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…