December 2007
21 Dec 2007
A decision by the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court to fine two former directors of Finlay Engineering Pty Ltd more than $40,000 for breaches of Workplace Law concerning Australian Workplace Agreements offered to their employees should serve as a warning to al
20 Dec 2007
The Director of Melbourne based Colin's Carpentry Services Pty Ltd, Colin Bonnici, was ordered to pay a penalty of $10,000 in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court for breaches of the National Building and Construction Industry Award 2000 and the Workplace Rel
20 Dec 2007
Australia’s Workplace Ombudsman Nicholas Wilson confirmed reports in the media today that Zinifex Australia Ltd (Zinifex) is being prosecuted by the workplace regulator in the Federal Court of Australia for allegedly applying duress to four workers in con
20 Dec 2007
In Hobart today, Nicholas Wilson revealed highlights achieved by the Workplace Ombudsman’s Tasmanian team between January and December 2007 including:
19 Dec 2007
Businesses participating in the Hobart Sumer Festival and Taste of Tasmania event were warned today that they must pay young workers employed in casual or part time jobs their lawful wages and entitlements and that Australia’s Workplace Ombudsman will be
19 Dec 2007
Australia’s Workplace Ombudsman has launched an immediate investigation into the dismissal of six meat workers at the Greenham Tasmania Pty Ltd meatworks in north western Tasmania.
18 Dec 2007
Australia’s Workplace Ombudsman, Nicholas Wilson launched a major compliance campaign to enforce fair and lawful treatment of Queensland workers in Brisbane today.
18 Dec 2007
Australia’s Workplace Ombudsman today sent a clear and direct warning to agricultural and horticultural businesses employing seasonal workers such as fruit pickers that breaches of workplace law such as underpayments and paying employees “off the books’’
18 Dec 2007
Australia’s Workplace Ombudsman Nicholas Wilson has confirmed media reports that Western Australian chemical company Liquid Engineering 2003 Pty Ltd (Liquid Engineering) is being prosecuted for its alleged failure to pay a worker their lawful entitlements
17 Dec 2007
Australia’s Federal Workplace Ombudsman Nicholas Wilson today announced the prosecution of Gippstel Pty Ltd and the company’s director, Peter White, for the alleged underpayment of two employees totalling more than $17,000
4 Dec 2007
An investigation concerning whether a former employee has lawfully received his entitlements after being sacked from Post Logistics is officially underway, Australia’s federal Workplace Ombudsman Nicholas Wilson said today.
3 Dec 2007
Australia’s Workplace Ombudsman confirmed today that an investigation has been launched into allegations of underpaid entitlements and ‘off the books’ cash payments for foreign backpackers employed to harvest crops on farms around the Gatton district in Q
3 Dec 2007
Australia’s Workplace Ombudsman Nicholas Wilson today warned employers against applying undue pressure on workers to sign Australian Workplace Agreements (AWA’s) following reports that some businesses may seek to move their employees to AWA’s to pre-empt