Media releases
Media Releases | 03 Aug 2015
The operators of an Adelaide business have been penalised $5000 after refusing to pay a $550 on-the-spot fine issued by the Fair Work Ombudsman.
Media Releases | 31 Jul 2015
The former operators of a Bendigo restaurant who repeatedly short-changed their employees have been fined a total of $142,000 following legal action by the Fair Work Ombudsman.
Media Releases | 30 Jul 2015
Nine 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 $6300 in less than a month.
Media Releases | 29 Jul 2015
The Fair Work Ombudsman has flagged ongoing efforts to improve compliance rates within the building and construction industry following a recent national campaign.
Media Releases | 28 Jul 2015
Two Melbourne businessmen have been fined - and criticised - in Court for paying themselves wages totalling almost $500,000, while some of the young, overseas backpackers they employed were paid nothing at all.
Media Releases | 23 Jul 2015
The owner-operator of Bundaberg’s Nodaji Sushi restaurant and three other take-away sushi bars underpaid four young foreign workers almost $28,600 in just six months, a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation has found.
Media Releases | 21 Jul 2015
Four employees laid-off by an accommodation business at Airlie Beach in Queensland have been back-paid more than $56,000 following an investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman.
Media Releases | 20 Jul 2015
A long-established family business in Cairns will reimburse 19 casual employees almost $65,000 after receiving advice that it has been underpaying their wages.
Media Releases | 16 Jul 2015
A Fremantle restaurant has ended up with a hefty bill for back-payment of wages after it was found to be short-changing its waiting staff.
Media Releases | 15 Jul 2015
Six mums working at school canteens in western Sydney will get more in their pay packets from now on after an investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman found they were being short-changed.