An airport baggage service company is facing court action after allegedly underpaying a driver. The Fair Work Ombudsman alleges the company failed to comply with a Compliance Notice. The N0tice required the company to calculate the underpayments and then back-pay…
Queensland has the best wage theft laws in the country, according to experts. The laws came into effect in September 2020 and make wage theft a crime in the state. They also make it easier for workers to recover stolen…
A Gold Coast café is facing legal action for ignoring a Compliance Notice to back pay a cook's stolen wages. The Fair Work Ombudsman issued the Compliance Notice after accusing the outlet of underpaying the worker's minimum wages and entitlements.…
The glamourous boss of a trendy Bondi bar has been penalised $26,460 for ripping off her staff. Julia Rose Gelonese underpaid workers at her Upper East Side Bondi restaurant and bar while living it up travelling around the world. In…
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…
Fair Work has finally made an effort to recover stolen wages, clawing back $148 million in underpayments for 69,735 workers. The sum is a record of back-paid wages and entitlements, and is contained in the regulator's annual report released this…
Hundreds of workers in Gold Coast cafes, take away stores and restaurants have been underpaid a total of $215,000. The Fair Work Ombudsman discovered the wage theft during surprise audits of 50 "cheap eats" outlets in the area. Gold Coast…
A "Little Cupcakes' store has been penalised $50,000 for ripping off 35 workers. The Federal Circuit Court described the underpayments as "deliberate, sustained, serious breaches" and as a result, vulnerable workers were exploited. 'Little Cupcakes' store penalised The court penalised…
A Brisbane sushi store is facing more than $630,000 in penalties for allegedly underpaying 34 staff. The outlet is also accused of providing falsified documents to Fair Work inspectors to cover up the wage theft. The huge penalties are ten…
A court has penalised a Sydney dentist $7,400 for ripping off three of his workers. The Fair Work Ombudsman commenced litigation after the man failed to comply with a Compliance Notice. The Notice required him to rectify the underpayments to…