Media releases
Media Releases | 17 May 2023
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a total of $29,970 in court penalties against the former operator of a Far North Queensland restaurant for breaches affecting migrant workers.
Media Releases | 12 May 2023
Aged care services provider Uniting AgeWell Limited has back-paid staff more than $3.5 million including interest and superannuation and signed an Enforceable Undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman.
Media Releases | 11 May 2023
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is back-paying staff more than $4.4 million, plus superannuation and interest, and has entered into an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) with the FWO.
Media Releases | 05 May 2023
The Fair Work Ombudsman is urging agriculture sector employers to prioritise compliance as total fines for pay slip and record-keeping breaches exceed $170,000 nationally.
Media Releases | 04 May 2023
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured more than $37,000 in penalties and back-pay orders in court against a Gold Coast-based IT services company and its director.
Media Releases | 04 May 2023
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a total of $18,000 in court penalties against the former operators of a restaurant in Sydney’s inner west.
Media Releases | 03 May 2023
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured $11,322 in penalties in court against the former operators of a furniture delivery business in Maitland, NSW, for a deliberate breach affecting a young worker.
Media Releases | 03 May 2023
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a total of $22,743 in penalties in court against a Sydney residential building and construction business and an “antagonistic” director.
Media Releases | 28 Apr 2023
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action against the operators of a regional Victorian hotel and café after staff were allegedly underpaid a total of $320,929.
Media Releases | 28 Apr 2023
The Fair Work Ombudsman has recovered $239,505 in wages for 333 underpaid workers after investigating employers in Sydney’s food precincts.
