The Fair Work Ombudsman, the government agency with a budget of over $111 million to enforce workplace laws, has decided yet again not to take court action against a company that stole wages from its workers. In what is becoming…
An investment analyst has been awarded almost half a million dollars compensation after being sexually harassed and constructively dismissed from global infrastructure investment giant IFM. Nathalie Abildgaard launched the legal action claiming that a senior executive had made several sexual…
An outspoken and big spending school principal who was accused of serious financial mismanagement and nepotism is waiting for the decision of his unlawful dismissal application lodged in the Federal Court last year. Paul Thomson was sacked by Kimberley College…
New analysis of 2016-17 tax office data has revealed an additional 900,000 workers have been ripped off by greedy employers who have failed to pay them their full superannuation entitlements since 2013-14, totalling a staggering $5.4 billion. The research was…
A sawmill worker who was sacked for refusing to use a fingerprint scanner to sign on to his shift has won his unfair dismissal case on appeal, after the Fair Work Commission found that his employer had breached its obligations…
Workers are set to lose billions through continued penalty rate cuts, while the promised boost to jobs and the economy have failed to materialise. New research by the McKell Institute has found that workers will be $2.87 billion worse off…
A noodle bar waitress who was sacked after asking for a pay rise has won her unfair dismissal claim and $4,000 compensation. The Fair Work Commission rejected the employer's argument that the woman was sacked because of poor work performance,…
A Queensland electrical contracting company and its director have been hit with more than $40,000 in penalties for failing to pay compensation to a worker who they had unfairly dismissed. Peter Burnitt was penalised $6,552, and his company, Logan City…
A Victorian massage parlour operator will face the Federal Circuit Court accused of ripping off a Chinese worker by more than $13,000, in addition to providing false records to Fair Work inspectors. Yusen Yin, director of Austop Natural Therapy, and…
A number of popular Korean fried chicken franchise outlets have been hit with surprise audits by the workplace watchdog after multiple complaints of wage theft were made by staff. Fair Work Ombudsman inspectors raided 19 Gami Chicken and Beer outlets…
