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15.12.2024
University of Sydney agrees to backpay $23m to 14,000 staff
The University of Sydney has committed to repaying over $23 million to past and present employees due to widespread underpayment of wages. This decision follows an enforceable undertaking (EU) agreed upon with the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO). The breaches ...
08.12.2024
$450,000 recovered for Brisbane food workers
The Fair Work Ombudsman has recovered $447,339 for 365 underpaid food outlet employees in Brisbane and issued more than $162,000 in fines for pay slip and record-keeping breaches, following surprise inspections. Fair Work Inspectors investigated 51 fast ...
06.12.2024
Six people jailed over $10 million tax fraud
Six people have been sentenced to a combined maximum term of 43 years’ imprisonment for their part in a $10 million tax fraud and money laundering operation. Operation Bordelon was a coordinated investigation of a serious organised criminal syndicate ...
01.12.2024
Coles to backpay $1.5m in long service leave
Coles, one of Australia’s leading supermarket chains, has recently agreed to repay over $1.5 million in unpaid long service leave entitlements to 10,698 current and former employees. This decision follows an investigation by NSW Industrial Relations, ...
28.11.2024
Sydney payroll job of the week
A premier financial and asset management firm in Norwest is on the lookout for a Senior Payroll Officer to join their elite team. As a Payroll officer, you will report to the Payroll Manager and work with Finance to ensure employees are set up and paid ...
28.11.2024
Commission finds role with additional 88km travel time was not suitable alternative employment
An employer may apply to the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to have an employee’s redundancy pay reduced to a specified amount (which may be nil) in circumstances where it has obtained “other acceptable employment” for the employee. An assessment of whether ...
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