A children's clothing retailer is facing court action after allegedly underpaying four migrant workers more than $140,000. The Fair Work Ombudsman has accused the company of breaching Protecting Vulnerable Worker laws by committing serious contraventions including hindering or obstructing Fair…
Eleven more women have come forward to make sexual harassment complaints against opera star Placido Domingo. The new allegations follow a sensational story published by the Associated Press last month, which detailed how the Spanish singer had allegedly sexually harassed…
Failed Brisbane businessman Damian Griffiths, who owes creditors $30 million, has been living the high life in London and renting out two apartments he owns in Paris. Griffiths once owned 30 Doughnut Time outlets in Australia before going bust and…
New laws designed to crack down on phoenixing activity have stalled, because the Morrison government allowed the bill to lapse during the May federal election. The laws, which include new criminal penalties and a scheme to identify company directors are…
The Federal Court has heard shocking sexual harassment allegations involving habitual dry humping, grabbing of penises and anal penetration on "Gay Fridays" at a Brisbane chicken factory. Ingham Enterprises, which owns and operates the Ingham's Chicken plant at Murarrie, is…
There are calls for Network Ten to sack George Calombaris as a Masterchef judge after it was revealed the celebrity chef had underpaid workers at his restaurants by almost $8 million. Calombaris's Melbourne-based Made Establishment company was fined $200,000 by…
A factory worker has won his unfair dismissal claim, after he was sacked for yelling at a colleague who had allegedly told him,"you're not my f--king supervisor!" The Fair Work Commission found that while the worker's conduct was a valid…
A security guard who was sacked by text message has been awarded nearly $12,500 compensation, after the Fair Work Commission ruled his dismissal was unfair and 'plainly unjust, unreasonable, harsh, and, unconscionably undignified'. Commissioner Ian Cambridge was scathing of the…
A Sydney-based security company has been penalised more than $39,000 for 'reckless' underpayments of dozens of workers. John Lohr, who once operated two companies - Safecorp Security Pty Ltd and Safecorp Security Group Pty Ltd - was penalised by the…
The Australian Workers Union has launched a new campaign called Hair Stylists Australia, which is aimed at helping hairdressers protect their workplace rights. The first priority, according to AWU national secretary Daniel Walton, will be to try and save penalty…
