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...
Westside Petroleum and three of its management staff will pay a total of $57,000 in penalties. This comes after underpaying 22 employees a total of $62,393.
The underpayments occurred from July 2015 to...
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...
A NSW roadhouse manager has been ordered to pay $118,440 in penalties after being caught out by the Fair Work Ombudsman after trying to deprive an Indian employee of her government-funded parental-leave...
The Federal Circuit Court has imposed penalties totalling $192,961 on the former operators of two Brisbane CBD 7-Eleven stores for short-changing workers by more than $31,000.
The penalties are the result of a...
The first of two bills aimed at closing down the illicit-tobacco market was introduced into parliament last week.
The bill will see maximum penalties for excise offences increase to 10 years’ imprisonment and...
