Media releases
Media Releases | 17 Jan 2017
The Fair Work Ombudsman has recovered more than $7000 back-pay for a young worker at a food manufacturing business in inner Sydney.
Media Releases | 16 Jan 2017
A cleaning services company has back-paid an underpaid worker in regional Victoria almost $3000 and agreed to make a $1000 donation, following intervention by the Fair Work Ombudsman.
Media Releases | 12 Jan 2017
The Fair Work Ombudsman has recovered almost $40,000 for underpaid Brisbane workers as part of a joint campaign with Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).
Media Releases | 11 Jan 2017
The Fair Work Ombudsman is issuing businesses a warning about the dangers of paying flat rates after a restaurant on Tasmania’s east coast underpaid five employees more than $20,000.
Media Releases | 10 Jan 2017
A Canberra carpenter and his company have been penalised more than $38,000 after ignoring a Fair Work Commission order to pay compensation to an unfairly dismissed worker.
Media Releases | 09 Jan 2017
The Fair Work Ombudsman has recovered a total of $10,700 for seven underpaid hospitality employees at a club in the Moree Plains area in northern NSW.
Media Releases | 06 Jan 2017
The Fair Work Ombudsman has recovered $6500 for a young apprentice at Roxby Downs, in northern South Australia.
Media Releases | 05 Jan 2017
Millions of dollars in funding will be provided to community organisations to assist the most vulnerable workers in the community, following the selection of successful recipients under the Fair Work Ombudsman’s Community Engagement Grants Program.
Media Releases | 05 Jan 2017
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a total of $16,300 back-pay for five overseas workers at a labour hire company based at Fremantle, in Western Australia.
Media Releases | 30 Dec 2016
A Perth security company is facing Court for allegedly underpaying its guards more than $200,000.