The former operators of a café and a delicatessen in Western
Australia have been penalised more than $150,000 for deliberately
underpaying employees,

The HR Manager of a restaurant has been personally fined $21,760
under accessorial liability laws for involvement in underpaying
workers at a restaurant in Charlestown.

A Victorian accounting firm who provided payroll services to a
client has been penalised $53,880 after being found guilty of
accessorial liability.

26% of employers in the healthcare sector have been found to be
non-compliant with Australian employment
laws in a recent campaign by the Fair Work Ombudsman
(FWO).

A Western Australian IT business has been left stunned by a Fair
Work Commission order to reinstate a former employee and back pay
almost $40,000 in wages.

A Perth cleaning company has been hit with near-record WA
penalties of $306,000 for underpaying workers at a Perth hotel.

The operators of a hair products retailing business have been
penalised more than $70,000 for exploiting vulnerable overseas
workers

The operators of a Gold Coast restaurant have been penalised
more than $284,000 and criticised by a Judge for their “heinous”
conduct after paying overseas workers as little as $8 an hour and
using false records to try to cover it up.

The Federal Court has today dismissed a challenge to the Fair
Work Commission’s decision to cut penalty rates in the retail,
hospitality, fast-food and pharmacy sectors.