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More than $500 million back-paid to workers for second year in a row
Fair Work Inspectors issued 626 Infringement Notices for record-keeping or pay slips breaches, with total fines of $739,...
Fair work compliance urged in agriculture sector
The FWO will continue to prioritise the agriculture sector in 2023-24 as the sector is heavily dependent on workers that...
Company penalised for ‘obnoxious’ conduct against migrant workers
The FWO found that that three of the 30 underpayment contraventions met the definition of 'serious contraventions' becau...
Adelaide eateries in FWO’s sights
Businesses selected for investigation were based on indicators of possible non-compliance, such as tip-offs to the FWO o...
Former bistro restaurant operators penalised over underpayments
The judge in the case noted that there was a lack of contrition from the bistro's director which necessitated the penalt...
Court date served to underpaying former restaurant operator
A former worker was found to have been underpaid of the minimum wages, and weekend penalty rates and the restaurant oper...
Eateries in southeastern Melbourne subject of surprise Fair Work inspections
The FWO said protecting vulnerable workers and improving compliance in the fast food, restaurant and café sector were it...
Fair Work Ombudsman recovered over $500 million dollars on workers’ behalf
More than half of the 2022-23 recoveries made by the FWO, amounting to $317 million, came from large corporate and unive...
Lockyer Valley businesses inspected over workplace compliance
The businesses inspected were chosen either based on intelligence indicating potential worker underpayments or because t...
Wages recovered for underpaid Melbourne food precinct workers
The inspections were part of FWO's national program that has targeted food precincts across the country.