The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has agreed to pay a
record $600,000 and backpay hundreds of employees after underpaying
them more than $12 million over six years.
Fines & Prosecutions
Woolworths’ Employee Underpayments Blow Out To Almost $400M
Woolworths bill for employee underpayments has increased by
about $75 million to $390 million, after it identified “payment
shortfalls” in its hotels and liquor division, it told the ASX
today.
Wage theft can now lead to 10 years in jail and fines up to $1 million in Victoria
The Victorian Government has passed a bill penalising the act of
deliberate wage theft with up to 10 years in jail and fines
of up to $1 million.
Entire board of directors charged in industrial manslaughter case
Queensland company Brisbane Auto Recycling Pty Ltd has been
fined $3 million dollars in Australia’s first industrial
manslaughter conviction.
Company taken to court over JobKeeper after slashing salary by 80 per cent
A Victorian finance company is being taken to court after a
senior manager’s salary was slashed by more than 80 per cent amid
the COVID-19 crisis.
Carpentry business faces court
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action in Brisbane’s
Federal Circuit Court against Queensland-based contract carpentry
business Althaus Homes Pty Ltd, and its sole director, Mr Ronald
Alexander Althaus.
Over $200,000 penalties for restaurant underpayments
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured penalties of $209,000
against a Melbourne restaurateur, his two companies and his
in-house accountant for underpaying workers.
Record Penalties For Hero Sushi Operators, Owners & Payroll Officers
The Federal Court has today imposed record penalties of
$891,000 against the operators of three Hero Sushi takeaway outlets
for underpaying workers and providing false records to the Fair
Work Ombudsman.
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Activ Foundation Inc forced to back-pay employees in Western Australia $13.6 million
Disability services provider, Activ Foundation Inc.
(Activ) will back-pay employees in Western Australia a total of
$13.6 million after breaching Australia’s workplace
laws.
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