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14.03.2021
Aust charity pays back millions to staff
Workers at an Australian disability services provider will receive $3 million in combined back pay. A disability services provider is paying back almost $3 million to employees it had underpaid across NSW, Victoria and Queensland. Registered charity ...
07.03.2021
Nearly $390,000 recovered for security guards
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has recovered $389,982 in unpaid wages for 163 security guards following an investigation into 19 security businesses in Queensland. Businesses in Brisbane, Gold Coast, Townsville, Maryborough, Gympie and Mackay were ...
07.03.2021
Man charged over $11m cyber hit on super funds
A South Australian man has been charged over an alleged $11 million fraud in which he obtained the personal details of individuals to modify payroll data and create fraudulent bank accounts. The 31-year-old was arrested at a library in the Sydney city ...
07.03.2021
Frydenberg throws further doubt on SG increases
The Federal Government is continuing to send messages throwing the future of scheduled superannuation guarantee (SG) increases into doubt with the Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, arguing that a higher SG will come at the cost of lower wages growth. Drawing ...
07.03.2021
Former Chatime franchisee and directors penalised
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured $57,800 in penalties in court against a former Chatime bubble tea franchisee in Sydney that underpaid 17 workers through its use of unlawfully low flat rates. The Federal Circuit Court has imposed a $41,600 penalty ...
28.02.2021
Over $200,000 penalties for former petrol station operators
The former operators of a petrol station on the NSW Central Coast who underpaid two migrant workers must pay $210,000 in penalties after their appeal was dismissed by the Federal Court. The Fair Work Ombudsman obtained orders in the Federal Circuit Court ...