Media releases
Media Releases | 08 Jan 2016
Ten workers at Dubbo, Orange and Parkes in regional NSW have been back-paid more than $43,000 following recent intervention by the Fair Work Ombudsman.
Media Releases | 07 Jan 2016
The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched legal action against the Australian arm of a multi-national company over its alleged involvement in the exploitation of overseas workers at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Media Releases | 06 Jan 2016
The operator of a cleaning business in regional South Australia is facing the Federal Circuit Court for allegedly underpaying eight employees more than $7000.
Media Releases | 05 Jan 2016
A Court has penalised a western Sydney hair and beauty salon $21,000 for ignoring a Fair Work Ombudsman request to back-pay an underpaid hairdresser $4668.
Media Releases | 04 Jan 2016
The manager of a business in Hobart has been back-paid almost $22,000 following recent intervention by the Fair Work Ombudsman.
Media Releases | 18 Dec 2015
The Fair Work Ombudsman has urged employers and employees to check the pay rates and entitlements that apply over Christmas and the New Year.
Media Releases | 15 Dec 2015
Australia’s growing health care and social assistance industry is to be the focus of a new national campaign by the Fair Work Ombudsman.
Media Releases | 11 Dec 2015
A labour-hire operator in Melbourne who has been the subject of a “litany of complaints” has been fined $42,840 after deliberately underpaying two workers.
Media Releases | 10 Dec 2015
A fast-food restaurant in the Melbourne CBD underpaid a Taiwanese backpacker almost $21,000 in just five months, a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation has found.
Media Releases | 09 Dec 2015
The operators of a Melbourne service station have been fined more than $92,000 for underpaying two Indian workers as little as $10 an hour.
