Media releases
Media Releases | 08 Sep 2015
The Fair Work Ombudsman will audit up to 150 businesses across Perth’s southern suburbs as part of a new campaign.
Media Releases | 03 Sep 2015
The former operator of an Alice Springs café has been fined for record-keeping failures discovered during a Fair Work Ombudsman campaign.
Media Releases | 02 Sep 2015
A Sydney manufacturing company and one of its directors will face Court after allegedly paying a Sri Lankan couple as little as $8 an hour.
Media Releases | 01 Sep 2015
A 7-Eleven store in Melbourne has admitted deliberately short-changing its staff by tens of thousands of dollars and doctoring its employment records to cut costs.
Media Releases | 31 Aug 2015
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal proceedings against a 7-Eleven retail store in Sydney which allegedly underpaid two migrant employees almost $50,000 and created erroneous records for the workers.
Media Releases | 29 Aug 2015
The Fair Work Ombudsman today cautioned international students against offering to work for cash at rates well below the minimum wage.
Media Releases | 26 Aug 2015
The Fair Work Ombudsman now has a mobile-friendly pay tool to give employers and employees access to reliable advice on wages and entitlements on-the-go.
Media Releases | 24 Aug 2015
A fast food shop in Bendigo paid staff as little as $11 an hour because the employer believed it was the ‘going rate’, a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation has found.
Media Releases | 20 Aug 2015
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured freezing orders against Cairns company Trek North Tours and its owner/director Leigh Alan Jorgensen.
Media Releases | 19 Aug 2015
The operator of a take-away food outlet in Melbourne who underpaid his staff over $46,000 admitted having no idea about minimum wage rates.