$15,000 fine for Darwin businessman who paid French backpackers less than $5 an hour

The operator of a Darwin painting business has been fined $15,000 for deliberately exploiting four young overseas workers and refusing to back-pay them thousands of dollars in unpaid wages.

Spot checks for western Sydney businesses

The Fair Work Ombudsman will audit up to 200 businesses throughout western Sydney as part of a new campaign.

Childcare centre fined over underpayments

The operators of a Sydney childcare centre have been fined a total of $14,083 after underpaying three teenage employees.

Security company fined over $60,000

A national security company has been fined tens of thousands of dollars for underpaying one of its own employees and turning a blind eye to a sub-contractor doing the same thing.

Female barristers get lion’s share of legal work

The Fair Work Ombudsman now allocates more than half of its legal work to female barristers.

Cleaners underpaid almost $12,000 in just 6 weeks

Four cleaners at several Myer sites in Melbourne will have larger pay packets in future after the Fair Work Ombudsman found they had been collectively short-changed almost $12,000 in just six weeks.

Spot checks in Canberra and Queanbeyan

The Fair Work Ombudsman is auditing up to 50 businesses in Canberra and Queanbeyan as part of a new campaign.

Fair Work Ombudsman joins Feast to raise awareness of unlawful discrimination

The Fair Work Ombudsman will participate in Adelaide’s Feast Festival to raise awareness about the workplace rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex people.

Almost $28,000 back-pay for High School students

A group of teenage high school students in Queensland has been short-changed thousands of dollars for work they undertook as part of school-based traineeships.

Media company faces Court over unpaid internship

A Sydney-based media company is facing Court for allegedly running an unlawful unpaid internship program and underpaying two workers more than $18,000.