News and media releases

Latest media releases

Swan Hill fruit farmer penalised
23 May 2019
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured $144,000 in penalties against a fruit farmer for deliberately underpaying two Malaysian fruit pickers and using false records to try to cover it up.
Melbourne café to back-pay workers
22 May 2019
The operator of an inner Melbourne café has entered into a Court-Enforceable Undertaking (EU) after the Fair Work Ombudsman found it had underpaid 32 workers a total of $37,520.
Trolley collectors protected under new agreement
17 May 2019
Australia’s largest trolley collection company United Trolley Collections (UTC) has renewed a compliance partnership with the Fair Work Ombudsman to ensure trolley collectors’ workplace rights are protected.

Search all media releases

Search

Note: Allegations outlined in the FWO's media releases relating to the commencement of litigation reflect those put forward in our Statement of Claim at the time of filing. Some details may vary over the course of the proceeding. 

Media policy

Our Media Policy (DOCX 136.6KB)   (PDF 240.7KB) explains why and how we engage with the media.

Subscribe to media release updates

Use the following form to get an email notification when we issue a new media release.

Subscribe to Media Releases

Privacy statement

We are committed to protecting your privacy. When you subscribe to email alerts we only use your personal information to send email alerts about the topics you have subscribed to. For more information, read our Privacy Policy (DOCX 157.6KB)(PDF 249.6KB) or go to the Privacy page.

Want to save this information for later?

If you might need to read this information again, save it for later so you can access it quickly and easily.

You might also be interested in

pdfButtonLong

Page reference No: 2482