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 let another company off the hook for wage theft. Instead of prosecuting the company, the regulator has entered into an agreement called an Enforceable Undertaking. The wage theft The operators of the OKS Hair and…
Young apprentices are easy targets for exploitation by greedy bosses, according to employment law experts. Industrial advocate Miles Heffernan said young apprentices are particularly vulnerable to wage theft. "Young people starting their working career often don't know their workplace rights,…
The Queensland government’s inquiry into wage theft has been told employers who steal wages from their employees should face jail. The call to make wage theft a crime comes in an explosive submission by Industrial Relations Claims published by the…