A Barossa Valley pizza outlet is facing court for allegedly underpaying a casual employee. The Fair Work Ombudsman also alleges the business failed to comply with a Compliance Notice, requiring it to back-pay the worker. Barossa Valley pizza outlet facing…
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…
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…
A clothing retailer has been penalised $43,375 for underpaying a casual worker and breaching record-keeping laws. The court also found the employer ignored a Compliance Notice issued by the Fair Work Ombudsman requiring it to back-pay the worker. Clothing retailer…
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 wage theft complaints in addition to allegations of sham…
Fair Work continues to crackdown on recalcitrant employers who deliberately ignore Compliance Notices. The Notices are a chance for businesses to rectify wage theft before the regulator commences legal action. However, many ignore them, and the chance to avoid financial…
Top Juice workers have been back-paid $32,435 after an investigation into 16 of the outlets in three states. The Fair Work Ombudsman recovered the money for 18 workers as a result of the surprise audits. Top Juice workers back-paid $32,000…
Wage theft raids in Brisbane and Melbourne have recovered $1,212,727 for 131 fast food, hospitality and retail workers. Employment law experts say the raids are further proof that wage theft is endemic in many industries. "The results of these audits…
A petrol station attendant has been awarded $64,800 after his employer did not allow him to take toilet breaks. The South Australian Employment Tribunal also found the employer failed to allow meal breaks in addition to underpaying the worker more…
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 wage theft in regional university cities. The regulator…