Media releases
Media Releases | 10 Dec 2025
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured $29,924 in penalties in court against the former operators of a take-away food outlet in Melbourne.
Media Releases | 10 Dec 2025
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured more than $40,000 in penalties and back-payment orders in court against the operators of a residential construction business in Melbourne.
Media Releases | 09 Dec 2025
Monash University will complete more than $20.7 million in payments, including interest and superannuation, to 10,877 underpaid staff as part of entering into an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) with the Fair Work Ombudsman.
Media Releases | 04 Dec 2025
The Fair Work Ombudsman is keeping the pressure on employers in Australia’s horticulture troublespots, with snap inspections of labour hire providers and growers in the Coffs Harbour region this week.
Media Releases | 01 Dec 2025
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a $6,000 penalty in court against the former operator of a construction business in Melbourne.
Media Releases | 01 Dec 2025
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action against the former sole director of a cafe and kiosk company in South-East Queensland.
Media Releases | 26 Nov 2025
The Australian Taxation Office, Fair Work Ombudsman and Department of Home Affairs have wrapped up Operation Topaz, a joint compliance blitz of the agriculture sector in Queensland’s Gatton region.
Media Releases | 25 Nov 2025
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has completed more than $1.9 million in payments, including interest and superannuation, to hundreds of staff it underpaid, as part of entering into an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) with the Fair Work Ombudsman.
Media Releases | 21 Nov 2025
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a total of $450,000 in penalties in court against the operators of a retail gift shop on Phillip Island, in Victoria.
Media Releases | 18 Nov 2025
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action against the former operator of a restaurant in Perth.
