Media releases

A national glass repair business is facing Court for allegedly ignoring a Fair Work Commission order to compensate an employee who had been unfairly dismissed.

The former operator of an Indian restaurant in North-East Victoria has agreed to back-pay two cooks more than $20,000, following an investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

A Canberra carpentry business is facing court for allegedly ignoring a Fair Work Commission order to compensate an employee who had been unfairly dismissed.

Almost three-quarters of retail businesses in South Australia are fully compliant with payment laws, random checks by the Fair Work Ombudsman have revealed.

More than three-quarters of retail businesses in Western Australia are fully compliant with payment laws, random checks by the Fair Work Ombudsman have revealed.

Just over half of retail businesses in the Northern Territory are fully compliant with payment laws, random checks by the Fair Work Ombudsman have revealed.

The Fair Work Ombudsman will participate in this year’s Midsumma Festival in Melbourne to help raise awareness of unlawful workplace discrimination.

The operators of a Tasmanian take-away restaurant have been fined a total of $100,000 after engaging in ‘particularly disturbing behaviour’ in relation to a vulnerable foreign chef.

The operator of two petrol stations at Wagga, in regional NSW, has been formally cautioned by the Fair Work Ombudsman after short-changing dozens of console operators.

Retail bakeries in Victoria need to pay greater attention to employee pay rates, the Fair Work Ombudsman said today.