Japanese restaurant short-changed Korean visa-holder $6000 in just five months

A Korean visa-holder employed at a Japanese restaurant in Sydney was paid a flat rate of just $16.50 an hour, an investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman has revealed.

Deadline looms for workers at Baiada sites

The Fair Work Ombudsman is urging workers who believe they may have been underpaid by labour hire contractors for work at Baiada poultry processing plants this year to lodge their claims before a December 31 deadline.

Fair Work Ombudsman successful in High Court appeal on sham contracting matter

The High Court has unanimously upheld an appeal from the Fair Work Ombudsman in relation to a sham contracting matter affecting workers at a Perth accommodation facility.

Overseas worker recruited as restaurant manager, but employed as chef and underpaid $45,000

An employee recruited from Malaysia to work as a restaurant manager in regional Queensland was employed as a cook and short-changed more than $45,000 in a little over a year.

Business unaware of minimum pay rates short-changed Korean backpackers $16k

The operator of a cleaning business at Cairns in Far North Queensland who underpaid two overseas backpackers more than $16,000 says he was unaware of Australia’s minimum wage rates.

Dentist allegedly underpaid $66 000

An international student studying dentistry in Melbourne was allegedly underpaid tens of thousands of dollars after being recruited by a dental clinic in the CBD.

Blueberry farm workers get $46k back-pay

The operators of blueberry farms at Sandy Beach in NSW underpaid their workers tens of thousands of dollars, an investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman has revealed.

Falls Creek bus service signs workplace pact after second audit finds ongoing wage issues

A Victorian snowfields bus company faces enforcement action from the Fair Work Ombudsman after being caught short-changing its staff for the second time in a year.

$30k back-pay for staff at go-kart tracks

Twenty-five workers at three go-kart tracks in NSW are to be reimbursed a total of more than $30,000 after a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation found they were being underpaid.

$10 an hour doesn’t cut it at beauty salon

A Melbourne hair and beauty salon paid a South Korean visa-holder just $10 an hour, a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation has found.