Media releases
Media Releases | 01 Nov 2023
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a total of $34,128 in penalty and back-pay orders in Court against the operators of a Brisbane earthmoving and quarry supply company.
Media Releases | 31 Oct 2023
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a $26,640 penalty in court against a commercial carpentry company on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula.
Media Releases | 31 Oct 2023
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured $164,635 in penalties in court against the former operators of a bar and restaurant at Bondi, in eastern Sydney, for “extensive and deliberate” contraventions.
Media Releases | 23 Oct 2023
The Fair Work Ombudsman recovered $509 million for 251,475 underpaid workers in 2022-23 – the second consecutive year of more than half a billion dollars in underpayments recovered.
Media Releases | 23 Oct 2023
Calvary Administration Pty Ltd have been back-paid more than $2.1 million, including interest and superannuation, and the company has signed an EU with the FWO.
Media Releases | 19 Oct 2023
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured $24,275 in penalties in court against a company that operates a domestic and commercial installation and fit-out business in Victoria.
Media Releases | 19 Oct 2023
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a penalty of $27,000 in court against a company that provides home care and disability services in South-East Queensland.
Media Releases | 18 Oct 2023
The Fair Work Ombudsman is urging agriculture sector employers to prioritise compliance, having fined employers $316,860 nationally and recovered $72,301 for underpaid workers.
Media Releases | 16 Oct 2023
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a total of $558,190 in penalties in court in a case that involved a Sydney-based company deliberately and systematically underpaying migrant employees.
Media Releases | 12 Oct 2023
Disability support services provider Aruma Services Limited has back-paid Victorian staff more than $6.5 million, including interest and superannuation, and signed an EU with the FWO.
