Welcome to the Fair Work Ombudsman website

We're here to give you information and advice about your workplace rights and obligations.

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Fair Work Ombudsman ( @fairwork_gov_au) Pay deductions can happen in a small number of situations, but an employee breaking something isn’t one of them https://t.co/kIRvWwQ1uZ 8 hours ago
Fair Work Ombudsman ( @fairwork_gov_au) MYTH: My boss can dock my pay if I break something. FACT: “You break it, you bought it” isn’t an employee policy:… https://t.co/bMAxmtsHpC 11 hours ago
Fair Work Ombudsman ( @fairwork_gov_au) Don’t make the mistake of docking an employee’s pay for breakages at work. Find out when deductions are allowed https://t.co/kIRvWwQ1uZ yesterday
Fair Work Ombudsman ( @fairwork_gov_au) Breaking something at work might be a bit of work fail, but the cost shouldn’t be taken from pay… https://t.co/FUwJmpM8to 2 days ago
Fair Work Ombudsman ( @fairwork_gov_au) True or False? I can dock employee’s pay for breakages. FALSE: Pay deductions are only ok in limited scenarios https://t.co/kIRvWwyq6p 3 days ago

We're here to give you information and advice about your workplace rights and obligations.