Fremantle restaurant faces hefty bill after short-changing staff wages

A Fremantle restaurant has ended up with a hefty bill for back-payment of wages after it was found to be short-changing its waiting staff.

School canteen mums short-changed

Six mums working at school canteens in western Sydney will get more in their pay packets from now on after an investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman found they were being short-changed.

Restaurant docked wages for cash register shortages, torn cash notes and breakages

A fast food restaurant in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs has been cautioned after it was found to be unlawfully deducting money from employee wages.

Overseas nursery workers to get back $30,000 unlawfully deducted from their wages for rent

Australia’s largest wholesale nursery is revamping its workplace practices after the Fair Work Ombudsman found some of its policies were both unlawful and unreasonable.

Union, shipping crew face legal action

The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced litigation against the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and seven shipping crew.

Fear of retribution blamed for low wages

A Korean restaurant says it advertised for staff for as little as $12 an hour because it feared retribution from competitors if it offered Award wages.

Taiwanese backpackers and international student from China short-changed $43,000

The Fair Work Ombudsman has taken enforcement action against a Taiwan-based company for underpaying overseas workers in Australia tens of thousands of dollars.

Vietnamese factory worker short-changed $16,000 over four years

A migrant factory worker in Melbourne was underpaid almost $16,000 over four years, a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation has found.

Health club stood down fitness instructor who queried wages & entitlements

The owner of two health clubs in Launceston has been required to pay compensation to a casual fitness instructor stood down for questioning his entitlements.

$228,000 penalty for business operator who thinks minimum pay rates are “just crazy”

A Melbourne business operator has been fined more than $228,000 after admitting she underpaid a vulnerable migrant employee because she thinks Australia’s minimum pay rates are “just crazy”.