July 2009
31 Jul 2009
Two companies and a director involved with Perth’s Shimizu Japanese restaurants have been fined a total of $43,425 for underpaying dozens of former workers, including young foreign workers with limited English.
30 Jul 2009
The federal workplace watchdog has launched a prosecution against the directors of a security company which operated throughout the Illawarra region, alleging it underpaid three workers more than $32,000.
30 Jul 2009
Security companies throughout Australia will be randomly audited to ensure workers are being paid properly.
29 Jul 2009
The Fair Work Ombudsman has helped to recover more than $24,000 for a kitchen-hand at a Toorak restaurant.
28 Jul 2009
Some of Sydney’s prime CBD office buildings have been targeted for surprise night-time visits by workplace inspectors over the next two nights.
27 Jul 2009
In an effort to help international students avoid being exploited at work, the Fair Work Ombudsman will conduct a workplace rights information session at the University of Newcastle this week.
25 Jul 2009
Five convenience stores in Melbourne’s CBD will reimburse 88 workers $112,000 after an investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman found the employees were being underpaid.
24 Jul 2009
Gold Coast company Suminda Pty Ltd has been ordered to back-pay three former employees a total of $11,932 following a prosecution by the Fair Work Ombudsman.
24 Jul 2009
Seventy per cent of businesses randomly audited on the Mornington Peninsula are complying with workplace laws.
23 Jul 2009
The federal workplace watchdog has launched a prosecution against a Perth baker, alleging it underpaid a delivery driver more than $15,000.
22 Jul 2009
The federal workplace watchdog has launched a prosecution against a Sydney real estate company and its director, alleging a property salesperson was underpaid more than $20,000 as a result of sham contracting.
21 Jul 2009
The Fair Work Ombudsman has recovered $7000 for a Gladstone manufacturing industry worker who was underpaid the minimum hourly rate over six months.
20 Jul 2009
The Fair Work Ombudsman is warning Western Australian employers to ensure they pay full redundancy entitlements to workers whose employment is terminated.
20 Jul 2009
More than 700 food services workers throughout Australia will be backpaid $470,000 following a national campaign to uphold their workplace rights.
19 Jul 2009
A Melbourne car wash and its director have been fined more than $200,000 for underpaying five staff a total of $4511.
17 Jul 2009
The Fair Work Ombudsman has recovered $28,000 for two Shepparton labourers who were underpaid.
16 Jul 2009
The federal workplace watchdog is prosecuting an Ararat man whose former security business allegedly underpaid two employees almost $18,000.
15 Jul 2009
A Sydney businessman will face court for allegedly underpaying seven of his former staff more than $80,000.
14 Jul 2009
The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched legal action against Gold Coast company Suminda Pty Ltd, alleging it owes three former employees more than $10,000.
13 Jul 2009
Twenty teenage girls in Adelaide have been reimbursed a total of $10,000 after an investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman found they were underpaid.
12 Jul 2009
The federal workplace watchdog has launched a prosecution against a Melbourne men’s fashion outlet for allegedly underpaying two workers almost $7000.
10 Jul 2009
The federal workplace watchdog has launched a prosecution against a Newcastle bakery, alleging it failed to keep proper time-and-wages records for four former employees who claimed they had been underpaid.
9 Jul 2009
The Fair Work Ombudsman has recovered more than $8000 in back-pay for a couple who came to Australia to manage a Goldfields retail outlet.
9 Jul 2009
The operators of a Donut King store in Tasmania have been penalised almost $60,000 after admitting they pressured nine teenage workers to sign workplace agreements which reduced their penalty rates.
8 Jul 2009
Fifteen convenience stores in Sydney’s CBD will reimburse 80 workers more than $50,000 after an investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman found the employees were being underpaid.
7 Jul 2009
Eighty per cent of hair and beauty salons in Gippsland have passed random audits conducted by the Fair Work Ombudsman.
6 Jul 2009
A young Hobart restaurant worker who believed she was being underpaid has triggered a review of the entitlements of more than 220 of her co-workers.
2 Jul 2009
The Fair Work Ombudsman is developing a best practice guide specifically aimed at helping small business.
1 Jul 2009
Fair Work Ombudsman Nicholas Wilson says he is personally excited about his new challenge of creating harmonious, productive and co-operative Australian workplaces.