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Etihad Stadium’s cleaning operators penalised for underpayments
It was determined that the primary contractor knew that the funds it paid to the subcontractors were insufficient to ena...
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...
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.
Victorian farm faces court date over alleged underpayments and records falsification
Given the allegations of falsified or non-existent records, Lotus Farm Pty Ltd will have to disprove underpayment allega...
Former Melbourne cafe operator penalised for underpaying 13 workers
A Compliance Notice required a total payment of $36,479 to the employees but the company only made only partial back-pay...
Wages owed to Sydney food precinct workers recovered in surprise inspections
The businesses selected for the surprise inspections were based on risk factors such as a past history of workplace law ...
Hair salon penalised over unlawful cashback scheme
The worker was unlawfully required to repay a total of $105,609 of her wages and entitlements back to the salon.
Former cleaning company directors to face court for mistreatment of migrant workers
The FWO has hit the practice of sham contracting as it goes hand in hand with the exploitation of workers to make them f...
FWO takes Super Retail Group and subsidiaries to court over underpayments
From a sample of 146 underpaid employees, FWO found that SRG and its subsidiaries made underpayments that totaled more t...
Employee underpayments hit record high
The growing underpayment issues are being compounded by a lack of action from employers to correct payments quickly.