HR oversight results in hefty back-payment bill for business which short-changed employees $54,000

A Fair Work Ombudsman investigation has found a business near Coffs Harbour on the NSW Mid-North Coast failed to pay correct annual leave entitlements and calculate accurate leave balances for its shift workers for six years.

Tour operator short-changes visa-holders

A Cairns tourism employee owed wages for working up to 109 hours a fortnight has been reimbursed thousands of dollars following action by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

Canberra gym underpays personal trainer

A qualified personal trainer in Canberra who questioned his wage has been back-paid $9800 and helped to ensure his workmates are now paid correctly.

Food services and accommodation industry high on list for enforcement action, behavioural change

The food services and accommodation industry accounted for 40 percent of Enforceable Undertakings the Fair Work Ombudsman entered with employers last financial year.

Court sends strong message to café operators who underpaid overseas workers

A mother-and-son business team which deliberately exploited vulnerable overseas workers has been penalised almost $200,000 and ordered to back-pay former staff tens of thousands of dollars.

Korean backpackers short-changed

Two Korean backpackers working as cleaners in Sydney were underpaid thousands of dollars in just three months.

Fish and chip shop workers underpaid $40k

The operators of two fish and chip shops in the Newcastle region of NSW have agreed to back-pay workers almost $40,000 following an investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

Gold Coast business back-pays workers $56,000

A Gold Coast family business that withheld the entitlements of two employees is back-paying them $56,000 following intervention by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

National clothing chain back-pays workers $162k

Dozens of staff at a high-end national clothing company have been back-paid more than $162,100 following an investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

Restaurant failed to check wage rates and underpaid Korean, Japanese visa-holders $40,000

A Korean migrant who opened a restaurant in Melbourne last year without checking the wages applicable to his business has now been required to back-pay more than $40,000 to four of his former staff.