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17.07.2022
Brisbane cleaning business operator in court
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action against a cleaning services operator based just north of Brisbane. Facing court is Colin Spann, a sole trader who operated a business trading as Spann’s Cleaning Services, based at Morayfield. The ...
17.07.2022
Silver Chain signs Enforceable Undertaking
National community health and aged services organisation Silver Chain Group Limited has back-paid staff in Western Australia more than $17 million and entered into an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) with the Fair Work Ombudsman. The not-for-profit ...
17.07.2022
4th Plutus Payroll conspirator sentenced to 4 years in jail
The fourth conspirator of the Plutus Payroll tax scandal has now been sentenced to four years in jail. Devyn Hammond was sentenced in the Supreme Court of NSW to four years in jail for her role in the Plutus Payroll scandal, that is alleged to have ...
10.07.2022
NTEU alleges Deakin University committed “systematic wage theft”
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has accused Deakin University of systematically underpaying casual academics dating back to June 2018. The Union says the underpayment occurred after Deakin paid casual staff based on a ‘piece rate’ on a per ...
10.07.2022
A bone to pick: Assessing the “reasonableness” of additional hours
Under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (the FW Act), employers are prohibited from requesting or requiring full-time employees to work more than 38 hours per week, unless those additional hours are reasonable. When considering the reasonableness of ...
10.07.2022
Audit lifts the lid on public service leave arrangements
An audit of government entities that employ more than 55,000 public servants has found 8% had an excess annual leave balance in 2020-21. The non-compliance was found across four entities with a requirement, including the Department of Finance, which ...
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