Media releases

Cleaners and hospitality workers in Sydney's South and South-West have been back-paid more than $100,000 following recent intervention by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and a national labour-hire company have been ordered to pay $802,500 in fines and compensation for their part in denying employment to non-union members.

Workers throughout Melbourne’s northern suburbs have been back-paid a total of $70,500 following recent intervention by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

Workers in the NSW Hunter region have been back-paid a total of $34,300 in termination entitlements following recent intervention by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

Dozens of underpaid workers in Darwin and Alice Springs have been back-paid more than $94,000 following recent intervention by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

The Fair Work Ombudsman today urged employers and employees to check the pay rates and entitlements that apply over the upcoming Easter public holidays.

Vulnerable migrant and overseas workers who make clothes from their homes are the focus of a new two-year education and compliance campaign by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

Fair Work Ombudsman inspectors will return to apple and pear orchards in Victoria’s Goulburn Valley this week to check that seasonal workers are being paid correctly.

More than 100 Adelaide workers have been back-paid over $100,000 following recent inquiries by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

A Sydney company failed to pay a student intern thousands of dollars in wages he was entitled to, a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation has found.