Campaign focus on clothing outworkers

Vulnerable migrant and overseas workers who make clothes from their homes are the focus of a new two-year education and compliance campaign by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

Spotlight on Goulburn apple and pear orchards

Fair Work Ombudsman inspectors will return to apple and pear orchards in Victoria’s Goulburn Valley this week to check that seasonal workers are being paid correctly.

$100,000 back-pay for Adelaide workers

More than 100 Adelaide workers have been back-paid over $100,000 following recent inquiries by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

Company signs up to workplace pact after underpaying student intern almost $7000

A Sydney company failed to pay a student intern thousands of dollars in wages he was entitled to, a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation has found.

Employer’s failure to check minimum wage rates results in back-payment bill for $500,000

A health business that failed to check minimum wage rates inadvertently underpaid almost 200 staff half a million dollars.

Travel agency signs workplace pact after short-changing Korean worker $4200 in just 7 weeks

A Melbourne travel agency underpaid a Korean sales assistant more than $4200 over a period of just seven weeks, a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation has found.

Indian couple allegedly paid no wages for more than a year’s work at country restaurants

An Indian couple promised a combined income of about $1600 a week to work in Indian restaurants in country Victoria were paid no wages for more than a year’s work, the Fair Work Ombudsman alleges.

Cleaning contractors face more spot checks after $763,000 recovered for 1200 employees

Cleaning contractors face ongoing spot checks by the Fair Work Ombudsman again this year as it endeavours to detect and deter deliberate non-compliance with federal workplace laws.

Child care centre operators fined $15,000 after refusing to co-operate with investigation

Refusal to co-operate with a Fair Work Ombudsman underpayment investigation has resulted in the operators of a NSW child care centre being fined $15,000.

$24,000 penalty for short-changing teenage apprentice hairdresser $6400

A Sydney hair and beauty salon’s attempt to cut costs by short-changing a teenage apprentice hairdresser $6400 has back-fired – with the operators being fined almost four times that amount for their conduct.