Transport company cautioned over underpayments signs workplace pact after ongoing issues

A Melbourne transport company which was formally cautioned last year after short-changing its staff thousands of dollars now faces enforcement action after admitting further underpayments.

Statement of Findings – Baiada Group

The Fair Work Ombudsman today released the findings of its Inquiry into allegations levelled at the Baiada Group over employment practices at its three poultry processing sites at Beresfield, Hanwood and Tamworth in NSW.

Blueberry farmer faces Court over alleged record-keeping failures for 417 visa-holders

A blueberry farmer who employed dozens of overseas backpackers to pick his crop is to face Court for alleged serious record-keeping failures.

$472,000 owed to 123 former Sports Bar and Hungry Jacks employees at Newcastle airport

More than 120 former employees at the Newcastle airport are to be back-paid more than $472,000 after it was found they were being short-changed.

It was food fit for a President, but if their English was poor, so was their pay packet

A restaurant which catered for the Chinese President's travelling party to Hobart late last year has admitted underpaying a female worker because her English was not good enough.

Nature’s Care signs workplace pact after short-changing Asian backpackers almost $100,000

Thirteen young backpackers on 417 working holiday visas have been short-changed almost $100,000 working for a high-profile natural health and skin care products company in NSW.

Businessman fined for underpaying young child-care workers more than $360,000

A Sydney businessman has been fined for underpaying workers at his former childcare centre more than $360,000, leaving some struggling to pay their rent.

Labour-hire operator faces Court over alleged sham contracting and underpayments

A labour-hire operator in Melbourne is facing Court for allegedly breaching sham contracting laws and underpaying two employees.

Court dismisses legal action

The Federal Circuit Court has dismissed the Fair Work Ombudsman’s legal action against a Perth electrical business.

Chinese workers short-changed $36,000

Chinese nationals working at an Adelaide take-away food shop were paid as little as $12 an hour, a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation has revealed.