Media releases
Media Releases | 08 Dec 2015
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.
Media Releases | 04 Dec 2015
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.
Media Releases | 03 Dec 2015
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.
Media Releases | 03 Dec 2015
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.
Media Releases | 02 Dec 2015
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.
Media Releases | 01 Dec 2015
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.
Media Releases | 30 Nov 2015
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.
Media Releases | 27 Nov 2015
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.
Media Releases | 26 Nov 2015
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.
Media Releases | 25 Nov 2015
A Melbourne hair and beauty salon paid a South Korean visa-holder just $10 an hour, a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation has found.
