Starbucks is the latest major company to join Australia's ever-growing wage theft shame file. The coffee company has entered into an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) with the Fair Work Ombudsman. Under the terms of the EU, Starbucks will make a $150,000…
Anna Booth has been appointed as Fair Work Commissioner for a five year term starting this month. She replaces Sandra Parker who worked in the position since 2018. Anna Booth appointed new Fair Work Ombudsman Ms Booth recently worked as…
The Fair Work Commission has recovered half a billion dollars in wages for more than a quarter of a million underpaid workers in the past year. Industrial advocates say the figure is further evidence that wage theft continues to happen…
Queensland growers are being targeted by the Fair Work Ombudsman in its latest wage theft blitz of 'hot spots' around the country. Inspectors are on the ground this week in the Lockyer Valley region assessing 20 farms and labour-hire companies.…
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…
A Darwin burger outlet is facing court action for allegedly failing to pay an apprentice for the time he spent attending registered training. The Fair Work Ombudsman accuses the business of failing to comply with a Compliance Notice requiring it…
A mechanic has been penalised for a second time for underpaying a young apprentice. The employer failed to comply with a Compliance Notice requiring them to calculate and then back-pay the worker. Mechanic penalised for a second time The Federal…
A group of service station workers say they have been ripped off by a wage theft class action. The employees claim they received just a fraction of what they are owed - and what they were promised by Adero Law,…
A cleaning company has been penalised $140,000 for underpaying 35 workers more than $114,000. The company also falsified records to cover up the wage theft. Cleaning company penalised Carnarvon Cleaners is a contract cleaning business operating in regional Western Australia.…
The operators of a juice and coffee bar have been penalised more than $30,000 for stealing a worker's JobKeeper payments. In addition to the penalties, the Federal Circuit and Family Court has also ordered the employer to pay the $14,400…