Hobart butcher to back-pay apprentice almost $20k

An adult apprentice butcher in Hobart who was paid less than $10 per hour will be back-paid nearly $20,000 by his former employer, following intervention by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

Migrant worker short-changed $31,000 at Melbourne bottle shop

The Fair Work Ombudsman has recovered $31,000 for a Chinese migrant who was underpaid while working at a bottle shop at Bentleigh East, in Melbourne’s south-east.

Fair Work Ombudsman secures $23,000 in penalties against mobile phone retailer

The operators of a mobile phone retailer who failed to heed warnings to pay employees’ minimum lawful rates have been penalised a total of $23,000 for short-changing an overseas worker at Frankston, in Melbourne.

Fair Work Inspectors audit Ballarat businesses

Fair Work Inspectors have undertaken 50 field audits in Ballarat this week and plan to audit a further 150 businesses in the regional Victorian town in coming months as part of a new campaign.

Labour-hire operator allegedly underpaid overseas workers on Queensland farms

A national Inquiry into exploitation of overseas workers on Australian farms has led to the Fair Work Ombudsman launching legal action against a Queensland labour-hire operator for allegedly underpaying overseas workers more than $60,000.

Fair Work Ombudsman takes legal action after young apprentices allegedly short-changed $32,000

A Queensland building and construction company and its director are facing court over allegations they short-changed two young apprentices more than $32,000.

Queensland tavern operator penalised for short-changing manager

The operators of a Queensland tavern have been penalised a total of $19,500 for causing “significant detriment” to a manager by short-changing her thousands of dollars.

Chinese worker in Cairns short-changed almost $9000 in just four months

The Fair Work Ombudsman has recovered almost $9000 for an overseas worker who worked at a travel agency in Cairns over a period of just four months.

MUA faces court on claims it organised unlawful action

The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) is facing legal action after the Fair Work Ombudsman filed court proceedings alleging the union organised a campaign of unlawful industrial action, leading to up to nearly 100 workers withdrawing labour from shipping terminals in Sydney and Brisbane.

Taiwanese company penalised after paying overseas workers less than $5 an hour

A Taiwanese company that last year back-paid almost $900,000 to a team of overseas workers it brought to Australia has now been penalised in Court for ignoring a demand to make further back-payments to two overseas workers it paid less than $5 an hour.