Media releases
Media Releases | 13 Feb 2024
The FWO has secured a total of $137,435 in penalties in court against a former director and a general manager of Melbourne-based La La Bar Group companies and the companies’ former accounting firm.
Media Releases | 12 Feb 2024
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action against a Melbourne-based labour-hire company operating in the health industry.
Media Releases | 12 Feb 2024
The FWO has secured a total of $37,485 in penalties in court against the husband-and-wife operators of a vaping products business in Sydney.
Media Releases | 09 Feb 2024
Optus Retailco Pty Limited is back-paying more than $7.8 million to underpaid employees nationally, and has signed an EU with the FWO.
Media Releases | 08 Feb 2024
The Fair Work Ombudsman is making surprise inspections of agriculture businesses in Tasmania’s north and northwest this week to check workers are getting the right pay.
Media Releases | 07 Feb 2024
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action against the operators of a finance and mortgage broking company in inner-city Sydney.
Media Releases | 07 Feb 2024
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured $18,000 in penalties in court against a Sydney landscaping company and its director.
Media Releases | 06 Feb 2024
Shi Yuen Wong was a working holiday visa holder picking and packing in a Sydney warehouse when he had a feeling his pay wasn’t right.
Media Releases | 02 Feb 2024
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action against the husband-and-wife operators of two Vietnamese eateries in Adelaide for allegedly underpaying workers $407,546.
Media Releases | 25 Jan 2024
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action against the former operator of a café in eastern Victoria.