Gold Coast travel businesses fined $138,000 over underpayments and sham contracting

Underpaying staff and sham contracting has cost two Gold Coast travel businesses almost $138,000.

Guide to starting a new job now online

Starting a new job can be daunting, especially when you’re a first-time worker. To help make it easier, the Fair Work Ombudsman has created A guide to starting a new job, which aims to prepare young people for the first day at work.

Almost $100,000 back-paid to workers in Melbourne’s South and South-Eastern suburbs

Dozens of workers in Melbourne’s South and South-Eastern suburbs have shared in more than $93,100 back-pay after recent inquiries by the Fair Work Ombudsman revealed they had been underpaid at work.

Harvest Trail project turns to WA wine industry

Fair Work Ombudsman inspectors are in Western Australia’s Margaret River wine region this week as part of an ongoing focus on the entitlements of seasonal workers.

Campaign of “obfuscation” results in $84,500 penalty for Gold Coast restaurant

The operators of a Gold Coast restaurant have been fined a total of $84,500 after engaging in a campaign of “obfuscation” aimed at avoiding having to back-pay nine employees who had been short-changed almost $17,000.

Gold Coast workers back-paid $111,000

Dozens of workers on Queensland’s Gold Coast have shared more than $111,000 back-pay after recent inquiries by the Fair Work Ombudsman revealed they had been underpaid.

$10,500 back-pay for Japanese backpackers

Three Japanese backpackers who worked at a café in Sydney have been reimbursed a total of $10,500 after the Fair Work Ombudsman found they had been underpaid.

Spotlight on Loddon, Campaspe and Elmore

The Fair Work Ombudsman will visit Victoria’s Loddon and Campaspe shires and the Elmore region next week to help raise awareness among employers of their obligations under federal workplace laws.

Adelaide businesses face court over alleged workplace breaches involving 457 visa-holders

In an Australian first, two Adelaide businesses will face court after refusing to pay on-the-spot fines for their alleged failure to regularly issue payslips to overseas workers recruited from China and India.

Employers urged to check wage rates after 53 Darwin cleaners underpaid $84,000

Dozens of cleaners in Darwin have been underpaid tens of thousands of dollars, spot checks by the Fair Work Ombudsman have found.