Media Releases
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.