Melbourne restaurant faces court

The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action in the Federal Circuit Court against the operator of a restaurant in Melbourne’s north.

Restaurant penalised for pregnancy discrimination

The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured $44,800 in penalties against the company that operates Coco’s Restaurant in South Perth and a company director for taking adverse action against a pregnant waitress by cancelling and reducing her shifts.

FWO alleges stadium cleaners underpaid

A late-night visit by Fair Work Inspectors to Etihad Stadium (now Marvel Stadium) after a 2017 AFL match has led to legal action against the then Etihad Stadium’s principal cleaning contractor, a sub-contractor and two individual directors.

Surfers Paradise restaurant faces court

The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action in the Federal Circuit Court against the operators of a Surfers Paradise restaurant.

Melbourne cafe operator faces court

The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action in the Federal Circuit Court against the operator of two ‘French Baguette Café’ outlets, located at Footscray and Richmond in Melbourne.

Perth franchisee faces tenfold increase in max penalties

The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced its first legal action in Western Australia under the ‘serious contraventions’ provisions of the Protecting Vulnerable Workers laws, alleging a former Han’s Café franchisee in Perth underpaid vulnerable workers despite having previously faced Court for similar conduct.

Transport company faces court for alleged driver underpayments

The FWO has commenced legal action against a Queensland transport company for allegedly misclassifying four drivers as independent contractors, when they were in fact employees, and underpaying them $63,803.

Dinner by Heston statement

The Fair Work Ombudsman is concerned that a significant number of employees of Tipsy Cake Pty Ltd are owed back-pay after the company failed to comply with a statutory notice requiring it to calculate and back pay entitlements to workers. The final date for compliance was 20 December 2019.

Penalty for NSW cleaning operator

The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured penalties of $17,190 against a Gosford cleaning operator who failed to comply with a Compliance Notice that required him to back-pay two workers.

Gold Coast bar operator faces court

The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action in the Federal Circuit Court against the operators of the Chevron Tavern, located on the Gold Coast.