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Penalties plucked from non-compliant eyebrow-shaping business
The eyebrow-shaping business back-paid the workers only after the FWO commenced legal action for not complying with two ...
FWO orders backpay for Launceston food precinct workers
The largest recovery from one business was $39,432 for 26 casual or full-time employees who had been underpaid their min...
Underpaying Melbourne fast food outlet operators penalised
Acting Fair Work Ombudsman Kristen Hannah said business operators that fail to act on Compliance Notices face court-impo...
University of Melbourne to face court over alleged underpayment of academics
The FWO allege that the academics' supervisor threatened them that they would lose work if they attempted to claim payme...
FWO recovers over $500 million of underpaid or unpaid wages for workers
The workplace regulator filed 137 litigation in the last financial year and has about 50 ongoing investigations into lar...
Sushi restaurant fined over $350k for underpayments and falsified records
The total penalties obtained in the case are noted to be the second-highest the FWO has obtained in a Queensland matter ...
Court date served to souvlaki restaurants over alleged underpayments
The restaurant operators have allegedly not yet complied with the Compliance Notice to backpay five workers their pay an...
Court date for former cleaning business over alleged underpayments
The affected workers were allegedly underpaid casual minimum wages, including casual loading, under the Cleaning Service...
Penalties issued to underpaying former childcare operator
The operator failed to comply with three Compliance Notices which required the backpayment of entitlements to 38 workers...
Insurance claims firm taken to court over underpayments
The insurance claims company has failed to correct the underpayments owed to a former employee despite being issued a Co...