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Two grocers in Sydney fined $706,000 over staff underpayments
Thirty-two of the 146 underpaid employees were on visas and three were between the ages of 18 and 19.
‘Blatant breach’: Former United Petroleum outlet operators penalised
This is the fifth time the FWO has secured penalties against former operators of United Petroleum-branded outlets.
Bulmer Farms claims $645,000 underpayment a ‘genuine mistake’
“These were genuine mistakes, not intentional decisions, and we are correcting them,” MD Andrew Bulmer said.
Coles supplier accused of underpaying migrant workers by $645,000
"We will be pursuing penalties to hold the company to account."
‘Unacceptably complex’: Federal Judge rules on Coles, Woolworths wage case
Woolworths and Coles paid $300 million and $7 million, respectively, to affected employees. The FWO wants them to pay mo...
Coles beefs up provision for historical underpayment of management
Coles says it has provisioned a further $25 million to cover possible underpayments to the salaried management staff of ...
85 Degrees caught exploiting Taiwanese students, fined $475,000
Eight Taiwanese students on working holiday visas were underpaid between $50,213 and $58,248 each over a period of just ...
Backpayments secured for many Darwin food precinct workers
Fair Work Inspectors targeted 48 businesses across 22 suburbs, including Darwin City, Casuarina and Palmerston City.
FWO takes Coles to court over alleged $115m in underpayments
Last year Coles said it had underpaid workers by around $20 million – the FWO thinks otherwise.
FWO taking Woolworths to court for failure to back-pay underpaid workers
According to the FWO, Woolies underpaid 70 employees $1.17 million between March 2018 and 2019, and it has failed to rep...
Inquiry uncovers widespread mistreatment of farm workers
Underpayment of Harvest Trail workers well in excess of $1 million.
FWO praises Chemist Warehouse in national compliance report
The pharmacy committed to upgrading systems and processes and resolving all underpayments.
Court penalises IGA operator over $320,000
Fair Work Ombudsman finds IGA operator deliberately underpaid workers.
Woolworths signs up to protect contract cleaners
An inquiry uncovered significant underpayment of vulnerable workers and record-keeping breaches.
Former 7-Eleven owner fined for underpaying workers
Fair Work Ombudsman fines convenience store's former owner.
Ombudsman says ‘exploitation’ of Woolworths cleaners alarming
Ombudsman says cleaners were paid in unrecorded cash-in-hand payments and no payslips.
Fair Work Ombudsman files legal action against Caltex franchisee
Petrol franchisee allegedly falsified records of wage rates paid to overseas workers.
Woolworths commits to protect trolley collectors
Supermarket giant aims to prevent exploitation of vulnerable workforces.
