Media releases
Media Releases | 08 Nov 2023
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action against the operators of a Melbourne-based transport services business.
Media Releases | 06 Nov 2023
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a total of $21,456 in penalties and back-payment orders in court against a Perth CBD-based information technology company and its director.
Media Releases | 06 Nov 2023
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a total of $39,229 in penalties and back-payment orders in court against a former Gold Coast-based recruitment company and its general manager.
Media Releases | 03 Nov 2023
The Federal Court has increased penalties against the CFMMEU and one of its officials for breaching right of entry laws at a southern NSW construction site following an appeal by the FWO.
Media Releases | 01 Nov 2023
The Federal Circuit and Family Court has imposed a total of $27,200 in penalties against the CEPU and one of its officials for unlawful conduct on a Brisbane construction site.
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.
