Workers share more than $43,000 back-pay

Ten workers at Dubbo, Orange and Parkes in regional NSW have been back-paid more than $43,000 following recent intervention by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

Probe into MCG supply chain finds alleged exploitation of visa-holders working as cleaners

The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched legal action against the Australian arm of a multi-national company over its alleged involvement in the exploitation of overseas workers at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Whyalla cleaning business to face Court

The operator of a cleaning business in regional South Australia is facing the Federal Circuit Court for allegedly underpaying eight employees more than $7000.

$21,000 penalty for ignoring back-pay request

A Court has penalised a western Sydney hair and beauty salon $21,000 for ignoring a Fair Work Ombudsman request to back-pay an underpaid hairdresser $4668.

Hobart manager receives almost $22,000 back-pay

The manager of a business in Hobart has been back-paid almost $22,000 following recent intervention by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

Ensure a ‘gift’ of festive fairness at work

The Fair Work Ombudsman has urged employers and employees to check the pay rates and entitlements that apply over Christmas and the New Year.

Spotlight on health care & social assistance

Australia’s growing health care and social assistance industry is to be the focus of a new national campaign by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

Businessman fined $42k over underpayments

A labour-hire operator in Melbourne who has been the subject of a “litany of complaints” has been fined $42,840 after deliberately underpaying two workers.

Taiwanese backpacker short-changed $21,000

A fast-food restaurant in the Melbourne CBD underpaid a Taiwanese backpacker almost $21,000 in just five months, a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation has found.

Service station operators fined for underpaying overseas workers $111,000

The operators of a Melbourne service station have been fined more than $92,000 for underpaying two Indian workers as little as $10 an hour.