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04.06.2023
BHP admits to $430m underpayment scandal of 28,500 workers across Australia
Almost 30,000 employees at BHP will be entitled to a share of $430 million in back pay after the mining giant revealed a major payment bungle over years. The company on Thursday conceded about 28,500 current and former employees will be back paid annual ...
28.05.2023
Private schools blindsided by ‘shock’ budget tax
Victoria’s peak private school body says it was blindsided by the Andrews Government’s decision to impose a payroll tax on non-government schools. Announced in the Victorian Budget on Tuesday, the measure will apply to roughly 110 of the state’s ...
21.05.2023
Uniting AgeWell signs Enforceable Undertaking
Aged care services provider Uniting AgeWell Limited has back-paid staff more than $3.5 million including interest and superannuation and signed an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) with the Fair Work Ombudsman. The not-for-profit charitable organisation, ...
21.05.2023
University of Technology Sydney signs Enforceable Undertaking
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is back-paying staff more than $4.4 million, plus superannuation and interest, and has entered into an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) with the Fair Work Ombudsman. UTS reported its non-compliance to the regulator ...
21.05.2023
Stop-bullying orders issued against non-workers
Under the anti-bullying jurisdiction of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (the FW Act), the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has the broad power to make an order (other than monetary payment) that it considers appropriate to prevent a worker from being bullied at ...
14.05.2023
1 in 3 payroll departments at risk
More than 1 in 3 payroll managers (36 per cent) have admitted that the recent employee underpayment scandals – with the subsequent fines, warnings and legal action by Fair Work – have led to changes in the culture of their payroll, human resources and ...
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