Overseas worker recruited as restaurant manager, but employed as chef and underpaid $45,000

An employee recruited from Malaysia to work as a restaurant manager in regional Queensland was employed as a cook and short-changed more than $45,000 in a little over a year.

Business unaware of minimum pay rates short-changed Korean backpackers $16k

The operator of a cleaning business at Cairns in Far North Queensland who underpaid two overseas backpackers more than $16,000 says he was unaware of Australia’s minimum wage rates.

Dentist allegedly underpaid $66 000

An international student studying dentistry in Melbourne was allegedly underpaid tens of thousands of dollars after being recruited by a dental clinic in the CBD.

Blueberry farm workers get $46k back-pay

The operators of blueberry farms at Sandy Beach in NSW underpaid their workers tens of thousands of dollars, an investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman has revealed.

Falls Creek bus service signs workplace pact after second audit finds ongoing wage issues

A Victorian snowfields bus company faces enforcement action from the Fair Work Ombudsman after being caught short-changing its staff for the second time in a year.

$30k back-pay for staff at go-kart tracks

Twenty-five workers at three go-kart tracks in NSW are to be reimbursed a total of more than $30,000 after a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation found they were being underpaid.

$10 an hour doesn’t cut it at beauty salon

A Melbourne hair and beauty salon paid a South Korean visa-holder just $10 an hour, a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation has found.

$15,000 fine for Darwin businessman who paid French backpackers less than $5 an hour

The operator of a Darwin painting business has been fined $15,000 for deliberately exploiting four young overseas workers and refusing to back-pay them thousands of dollars in unpaid wages.

Spot checks for western Sydney businesses

The Fair Work Ombudsman will audit up to 200 businesses throughout western Sydney as part of a new campaign.

Childcare centre fined over underpayments

The operators of a Sydney childcare centre have been fined a total of $14,083 after underpaying three teenage employees.