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.

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.