Media releases
Media Releases | 19 Oct 2023
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a penalty of $27,000 in court against a company that provides home care and disability services in South-East Queensland.
Media Releases | 18 Oct 2023
The Fair Work Ombudsman is urging agriculture sector employers to prioritise compliance, having fined employers $316,860 nationally and recovered $72,301 for underpaid workers.
Media Releases | 16 Oct 2023
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a total of $558,190 in penalties in court in a case that involved a Sydney-based company deliberately and systematically underpaying migrant employees.
Media Releases | 12 Oct 2023
Disability support services provider Aruma Services Limited has back-paid Victorian staff more than $6.5 million, including interest and superannuation, and signed an EU with the FWO.
Media Releases | 06 Oct 2023
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action against the former operator of a carpentry business in Victoria’s South Gippsland region.
Media Releases | 06 Oct 2023
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action against the operators of a Melbourne-based electrical services company that specialises in home automation systems.
Media Releases | 04 Oct 2023
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action against the operator of a café in Albury, in southern New South Wales.
Media Releases | 04 Oct 2023
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action against the operators of an Indian supermarket in Darwin’s north.
Media Releases | 28 Sep 2023
One of Australia’s largest almond growers and processors, Brownport Almonds Pty Ltd, has back-paid staff more than $500,000 and signed an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) with the Fair Work Ombudsman.
Media Releases | 28 Sep 2023
The Federal Court has imposed a total of $66,500 in penalties against the CFMMEU and a former official for unlawful conduct on a Gold Coast construction site.
