Media releases
Media Releases | 20 Aug 2015
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured freezing orders against Cairns company Trek North Tours and its owner/director Leigh Alan Jorgensen.
Media Releases | 19 Aug 2015
The operator of a take-away food outlet in Melbourne who underpaid his staff over $46,000 admitted having no idea about minimum wage rates.
Media Releases | 18 Aug 2015
An Adelaide transport services company formally cautioned 12 months ago about its workplace practices now faces enforcement action for ongoing breaches of workplace laws.
Media Releases | 15 Aug 2015
A computer installation error has been blamed for more than two dozen mill workers in Nambucca Heads being short-changed over $45,000 worth of leave entitlements.
Media Releases | 14 Aug 2015
The former owner-operator of a Sydney pizza outlet has been fined for refusing to reimburse eight employees who were underpaid almost $26,000.
Media Releases | 13 Aug 2015
The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched a program to foster new relationships with international student bodies and multicultural communities.
Media Releases | 11 Aug 2015
The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and one of its officials have been ordered to pay a total of $215,000 in penalties and compensation after distributing posters labelling as “scabs” workers who refused to take part in a strike at Fremantle Port in Western Australia.
Media Releases | 11 Aug 2015
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action against No Land Tax Campaign Inc. - better known as the No Land Tax Party - and its leader Peter Jones.
Media Releases | 11 Aug 2015
International students and an overseas backpacker on a 417 working holiday visa were paid as little as $15 an hour to work at a restaurant in Perth, the Fair Work Ombudsman has found.
Media Releases | 06 Aug 2015
Metropolitan and regional councils across Australia will be randomly audited as part of a Fair Work Ombudsman campaign to ensure local government procurement decisions are not undermining compliance with federal workplace laws.
