In one of the latest underpayment cases the Director and co-founder of Chatime has been found to be liable to answer for underpayments despite arguing that his lack of visibility of actual...
Underpayments and wage breaches seem to constantly be in the headlines, with the types of businesses and the dollar figures becoming larger and larger. This is not just a perception, it is a...
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has recovered $509 million in unpaid wages and entitlements for more than a quarter of a million workers in 2022-23.
The recoveries sum is the second-largest annual figure...
As the list of large, sophisticated businesses (including the Reserve Bank of Australia) that have demonstrated significant underpayments continues to grow the outgoing Fair Work Ombudsman Sandra Parker has issued a strong...
A decision at the Federal Circuit Court has ordered ALDI to rectify an underpayment of up to 4000 warehouse workers for unpaid ‘pre-work’ checks that at the Court has found to constitute...
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...
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 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...
