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05.12.2025 Lawyer struck off over role in Plutus Payroll blackmail scheme A NSW Supreme Court decision has permanently removed solicitor Sevag Chalabian from the legal profession for his involvement in a $25 million blackmail and money laundering scheme connected to the notorious Plutus Payroll tax fraud. Chalabian, who in ...

30.11.2025 QUT Enters Enforceable Undertaking After $1.9 Million in Underpayments Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has entered into an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) with the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) after identifying and rectifying widespread underpayments affecting hundreds of staff. The university has already paid more than ...

30.11.2025 NSW Audit Reveals Hundreds of Public Servants Continued to Be Paid After Leaving Their Jobs A recent audit into 40 NSW government agencies has uncovered significant payroll management failures, including cases where hundreds of terminated employees continued to receive salary payments, some for years after leaving their roles. The review ...

23.11.2025 Strengthening payroll governance and protect employers Webinar Watch this recorded webinar as Tracy Angwin and Rob Dryden unpack today’s key payroll governance risks and show how technology is helping organisations strengthen assurance and automate risk detection.

21.11.2025 Game over: The “practical reality” test confirms that an individual was an employee and not an independent contractor The Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) was amended last year to introduce a new test for determining if an individual is an employee or an independent contractor. Section 15AA of the FW Act states that the ordinary meaning of the terms ‘employee’ and ... Blog

14.11.2025 Bend or break: FWC finds refusal of flexible working request did not force employee to resign For an employee to bring a general protections claim involving dismissal, they must be able to demonstrate that they were “dismissed” from their employment within the meaning of section 386 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (FW Act). One of the instances in ... Blog

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