The Coffee Club joins growing list of FWO partners

The Coffee Club franchise has joined a growing list of businesses who want to work with the Fair Work Ombudsman in a compliance partnership.

Harvest Trail turns to Tasmania’s wine industry

Fair Work Ombudsman inspectors will visit Tasmania’s Tamar Valley and Coal River wine regions next week as part of an ongoing focus on the entitlements of seasonal workers.

More than $24,000 back-pay for 32 staff at Cairns restaurant after random audit finds underpayments

Thirty-two staff at a Cairns restaurant have shared in $24,300 back-pay after the Fair Work Ombudsman found the business was inadvertently short-changing its workers.

Regional transport company back-pays $260,000 owed to eight truck drivers

A Victorian transport company underpaid eight of its truck drivers more than $260,000, a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation has found.

On-the-spot fines, warnings for Darwin massage shops, nail salons underpaying workers

Eight on-the-spot fines of up to $550 have been issued to massage and nail salons in Darwin for breaches of federal workplace laws.

Spotlight turns to WA’s Gascoyne and Mid-West

The Fair Work Ombudsman is randomly auditing up to 125 businesses across the Gascoyne and Mid-West regions of Western Australia as part of a new campaign.

Marine company used training program to disguise underpayment of Fijian workers, rules Court

A businessman who underpaid two Fijian workers in Adelaide thousands of dollars through a purported ‘training program’ has been fined $8000.

Townsville fast-food workers share $7600 back-pay

Eight staff at a Townsville fast-food café have shared in $7600 back-pay after the Fair Work Ombudsman found the business was inadvertently short-changing the workers.

Young bicycle courier allegedly short-changed $7600

A bicycle courier in Melbourne was underpaid more than $7000 after his employer breached sham contracting laws and misclassified him as an independent contractor, the Fair Work Ombudsman alleges.

Canberra businesses earmarked for attention

The Fair Work Ombudsman will randomly audit dozens of Canberra businesses over the next few weeks as part of its latest education and compliance campaign in the ACT.