Brisbane barista paid $10 an hour

A Brisbane café which paid a young barista as little as $10 an hour has been cautioned over its workplace practices.

Taiwanese company faces Court for refusing to back-pay two Filipino workers almost $62,000

A Taiwanese-registered manufacturing corporation which makes and installs animal feed mills in regional NSW will face court for failing to co-operate with the Fair Work Ombudsman.

Gascoyne and Mid-West campaign results

The Fair Work Ombudsman today released the findings of a recent campaign in Western Australia’s Gascoyne and Mid-West regions.

$41,200 penalty for former transport operator over deliberate underpayment of truck drivers

The Federal Circuit Court has penalised the former operator of a transport company which underpaid 12 of its casual drivers more than $143,000.

Perth restaurant signs workplace pact after short-changing overseas workers $14,000

Two overseas workers at a Japanese restaurant in Perth have been back-paid almost $14,000 after a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation revealed they had been underpaid.

Queensland strawberry farm faces Court for allegedly short-changing workers

The Fair Work Ombudsman is seeking to overhaul the practices of a Queensland strawberry farm it alleges flouts workplace laws and underpays its workers.

Roadhouse operator faces Court for allegedly withholding paid parental leave funding

The former operator of a roadhouse in regional NSW will face Court for allegedly withholding more than $11,000 in Government-funded parental leave payments it was required to pay to a visa-holder, the Fair Work Ombudsman alleges.

Mining services company short-changes 205 employees more than $2 million

A Victorian-based mining services company is repaying more than $2 million to workers who were short-changed over four years.

Webinar to deliver a guide to small businesses

The Fair Work Ombudsman will this week team with the Australian Taxation Office, Australian Securities and Investment Commission and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to deliver a Webinar aimed at assisting small business employers prepare for the new financial year.

Are you in for a share of $2 million?

The Fair Work Ombudsman is on the hunt for thousands of workers owed a total of more than $2 million by their former employers.