February 2012
29 Feb 2012
The Fair Work Ombudsman will check the books of up to 60 tourism businesses on South Australia’s Limestone Coast over the next three months as a part of a new education and compliance campaign.
28 Feb 2012
The operator of retail store in Victoria’s Gippsland region who deliberately underpaid an adult employee more than $30,000 - saying he had the mental capacity of a 13-year-old and wasn’t worth more pay - has been fined $11,500.
27 Feb 2012
The Fair Work Ombudsman is prosecuting a Queensland construction company for allegedly underpaying a teenage employee more than $8000.
26 Feb 2012
The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched a prosecution against three individuals and a national supermarket chain, alleging four Adelaide trolley collectors were underpaid more than $143,000.
24 Feb 2012
The Fair Work Ombudsman is prosecuting the operator of a Gold Coast pizza shop for allegedly underpaying 27 employees almost $20,000.
23 Feb 2012
The Fair Work Ombudsman is prosecuting the operator of a Perth business for allegedly sacking a 16-year-old because the boy’s mother queried his pay.
22 Feb 2012
Red Rooster is the third major fast-food chain to sign up to a national audit designed to ensure that staff at its franchise stores are being paid properly.
21 Feb 2012
The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched a prosecution against a transport company in Victoria’s Goldfields region for allegedly underpaying a truck driver almost $50,000.
20 Feb 2012
The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched a prosecution against a Queensland real estate agent for alleged sham contracting and paying a salesman just $100 for five months work.
17 Feb 2012
Australia’s largest pizza chain – Domino’s – has followed a lead set by McDonald’s and signed up to a national audit designed to ensure the pay packets of its 11,000-strong workforce are accurate.
16 Feb 2012
Twenty-seven workers in the New England region of NSW have been back-paid a total of $34,400 following recent intervention by the Fair Work Ombudsman.
15 Feb 2012
Two truck drivers in South Australia’s Limestone Coast region have been back-paid a total of $22,700 following intervention by the Fair Work Ombudsman.
14 Feb 2012
The former operators of a Melbourne call centre have been fined $31,680 for failing to pay five workers $3300 in wages.
13 Feb 2012
Workers in Western Sydney have been back-paid a total of $210,000 following recent intervention by the Fair Work Ombudsman.
10 Feb 2012
The Fair Work Ombudsman is prosecuting the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and a national labour-hire company over an alleged ‘no-ticket, no-start’ policy in Western Australia.
9 Feb 2012
The Fair Work Ombudsman will join O-Week activities at 25 university campuses throughout Australia to educate students about their workplace rights.
8 Feb 2012
The Fair Work Ombudsman is prosecuting the owner of a Perth restaurant for allegedly underpaying two staff members a total of $78,000.
7 Feb 2012
A Melbourne business operator and his company have been penalised a total of $78,000 for underpaying four workers almost $11,000.
6 Feb 2012
Hospitality is the focus of the Fair Work Ombudsman’s latest targeted education and compliance campaign in Tasmania.
3 Feb 2012
The Fair Work Ombudsman is hoping to engage some of Australia’s largest franchisors with the launch of a new National Franchise Program (NFP).
2 Feb 2012
The Fair Work Ombudsman’s first prosecution relating to pregnancy and sex discrimination has been finalised, with the two former owner-operators of a Sydney printing business being penalised a total of $23,760.
1 Feb 2012
Four service industry workers at Ararat in western Victoria have been back-paid a total of $15,600 following intervention by the Fair Work Ombudsman.