Pilbara mine workers back-paid $240,600

A labour-hire company has back-paid 13 workers a total of $240,600 after they did not receive their termination entitlements at a mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.

$90,000 penalties for contractors who paid their trolley collectors as little as $8 an hour

Trolley collection contractors who were once part of supply chains for Woolworths, Coles and Foodland have been penalised more than $90,000 after overseas workers at Adelaide shopping centres were paid as little as $8 an hour.

Worker wage review follows underpayments

A telecommunications company at Wollongong in NSW faces a series of audits after a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation found it had underpaid a call centre worker more than $3000.

Computer glitch hits Sydney nursing home payroll

A computer glitch that miscalculated public holiday pay rates left a Sydney nursing home operator with an unpaid wages bill of almost $11,900.

Café faces Court for allegedly requiring cook to pay back wages in exploitative cash-back scheme

An overseas worker employed as a cook on the Gold Coast was allegedly required to pay back more than $21,000 of her wages to her employer in an exploitative cash-back scheme.

Second phase of TCF campaign

The Fair Work Ombudsman will audit 365 textile, clothing and footwear businesses across Australia in the second phase of a national campaign aimed at building compliance with workplace laws across the industry.

Ventia Utility Services signs workplace pact, overhauls overseas recruitment practices

A NSW-based services company faces enforcement action after workers recruited from the Philippines were threatened with dismissal if they joined a union.

Adelaide employer underpays visa-holder $22,000

An Adelaide labour hire company short-changed an Indian visa-holder $22,000 over just 17 months, inquiries by the Fair Work Ombudsman have revealed.

Caravan park cautioned after underpaying dozens of backpackers working on local farms

The operators of a caravan park in Far North Queensland have been placed on notice after the Fair Work Ombudsman found it was underpaying dozens of workers that it was supplying to work on local farms.

Traralgon eatery underpays workers $7700

Two employees at a Traralgon eatery have been back-paid $7700 after the Fair Work Ombudsman found the business had short-changed them.