Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) Sandra Parker has announced the regulator’s strategic priorities for the year ahead. This includes supporting all workplaces through the COVID-19 pandemic and addressing large corporate underpayments.
Fast food, restaurants...
Fair Work Inspectors have recovered more than $40 million for 18,000 underpaid employees during 2018-19, finds the Fair Work Ombudsman’s (FWO) latest Annual Report.
This is claimed to be the highest total recoveries...
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has begun legal action against a “major” NSW service-station chain for allegedly underpaying 22 employees.
The FWO claims underpayment of $62,393 took place at 12 sites across regional...
The FWO has secured $335,664 in penalties for the underpayment of convenience workers at two businesses in central Melbourne.
The Fair Work Ombudsman penalised two individuals for underpaying workers at a 7-Eleven franchise...
The Labor party wants to criminalise wage theft in Victoria and NSW. But some are warning it could be unconstitutional.
According to MSN, two legal experts from the University of Melbourne suggest a...
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has accused the former operators of a petrol station on the NSW Central Coast of underpaying two migrant workers more than $50,000.
Kamaldeep Singh and his wife Uma Singh...
Caltex has defended itself following a recent report by the Fair Work Ombudsman over its franchisee wage practices.
The report claims a former Caltex franchisee in Sydney falsified wage records.
FWO Natalie James says...
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has secured almost $200,000 in penalties against the operators of a 7-Eleven outlet in Brisbane for short-changing overseas workers – then creating false records to try to cover it...
