Spotlight on retail, hospitality businesses

Fair Work Ombudsman inspectors are in Alice Springs this week to assist local retailers and hospitality businesses to understand their rights and obligations and ensure they are paying correct wage rates.

Fishing company faces court for allegedly underpaying Indonesian crew almost $80,000

An Australian fishing company is to face legal action for allegedly underpaying four of its Indonesian crew tens of thousands of dollars.

Crackdown on business which underpaid dozens of cleaners almost $60,000

A Sydney cleaning company which has twice been found to be short-changing dozens of its staff is to come under the close watch of the Fair Work Ombudsman for the next three years.

Penalty for failing to pay Chinese worker

The operators of a Brisbane business have been fined a total of $21,420 and ordered to back-pay a young Chinese worker more than $10,000.

Business owner fined $42,000 for underpaying husband and wife restaurant employees

The former owner of a restaurant in Perth has been fined more than $42,000 for deliberately underpaying two migrant workers almost $80,000.

Fair Work Inspectors to visit Granite Belt orchards to check seasonal worker pay packets

Fair Work Ombudsman inspectors will visit apple and pear orchards in the Granite Belt region of South-East Queensland this week as part of an ongoing focus on seasonal harvest workers.

Retailer cautioned and “on notice” after underpaying four Chinese employees more than $180,000

The Fair Work Ombudsman has put a Brisbane retailer on notice that it must comply with workplace laws after it admitted underpaying four immigrant workers a total of $183,000.

Young workers to benefit from partnership between McDonald’s and the Fair Work Ombudsman

McDonald’s Australia has entered a new partnership with the Fair Work Ombudsman to continue to improve workplace practices at its restaurants across the country.

Court rules on age discrimination case

The Federal Circuit Court in Brisbane has ruled on the Fair Work Ombudsman’s first litigation relating to discrimination on the grounds of age.

Cairns sushi bar to back-pay almost $50,000 to five Japanese, Korean employees

The operators of two sushi kiosks in Cairns underpaid five casual employees almost $50,000 in less than six months, the Fair Work Ombudsman has found.