Media releases
Media Releases | 04 Jun 2025
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal actions against the former operators of three Cash Converter stores in Melbourne.
Media Releases | 04 Jun 2025
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action against the former operators of a fast food takeaway business in Sydney for an alleged breach affecting a vulnerable migrant worker.
Media Releases | 15 May 2025
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action against the operator of a construction industry business in New South Wales.
Media Releases | 15 May 2025
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action against the operators of a Melbourne-based company that provides online and virtual healthcare software and solutions.
Media Releases | 12 May 2025
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured close to $12,000 in penalties in court against the operators of a furniture delivery business in Victoria’s Gippsland region.
Media Releases | 12 May 2025
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action against a housing construction company based in south-western Sydney and its sole director for an alleged breach affecting a young migrant worker.
Media Releases | 05 May 2025
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured more than $802,000 in court penalties and compensation after the husband-and-wife operators of two Vietnamese eateries in Adelaide underpaid migrant workers – including forcing them to buy their bosses bubble tea.
Media Releases | 30 Apr 2025
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) is aware of a ‘May Day’ rally planned to take place in Sydney tomorrow, 1 May 2025.
Media Releases | 24 Apr 2025
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a $8,667 penalty in court against the former operator of a bar in Melbourne.
Media Releases | 24 Apr 2025
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a $7,995 penalty in court against a company director formerly involved in operating a Melbourne café, for breaches of the Fair Work Act including unlawfully deducting money from a migrant worker’s wages.
