Media releases
Media Releases | 12 Oct 2015
The former owner-operators of a Melbourne 7-Eleven store will face court for allegedly underpaying 12 employees more than $84,000.
Media Releases | 08 Oct 2015
The Fair Work Ombudsman has again secured a penalty against a former Victorian petrol station operator, this time for ignoring an Order to pay compensation to an unfairly dismissed employee.
Media Releases | 06 Oct 2015
The Fair Work Ombudsman will audit up to 50 businesses near Hobart over the next two months as part of a new campaign.
Media Releases | 02 Oct 2015
A national security company is again facing Court action after allegedly underpaying a Gold Coast worker more than $7000 in just 10 weeks.
Media Releases | 01 Oct 2015
Two backpackers and an international student from Korea have been short-changed almost $40,000 by a café operator in Sydney’s CBD, an investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman has found.
Media Releases | 30 Sep 2015
The operators of a café and delicatessen in South-West Western Australia have allegedly underpaid their employees more than $20,000.
Media Releases | 28 Sep 2015
Victorian employers are being reminded that Friday will be a public holiday for the first time this year and they should check the pay rates and entitlements that apply.
Media Releases | 25 Sep 2015
The operators of a Gold Coast restaurant have been fined more than $23,000 after falsifying records for workers to make it appear they had worked fewer hours and been paid less than was actually the case.
Media Releases | 24 Sep 2015
A restaurant at Thredbo in the NSW Snowy Mountains has been caught short-changing its staff for the second time in less than a year.
Media Releases | 23 Sep 2015
A number of workers in Melbourne’s western suburbs have been back-paid almost $55,000 following recent intervention by the Fair Work Ombudsman.
