$200,000 for ‘reckless’ hardship to workers
Two companies have been penalised more than $200,000 for underpaying vulnerable aged-care and disability workers.
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Cafe paid workers $12 an hour
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Coalition resists national workplace fatality laws
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Pay rises top three per cent
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O’Dwyer warns Boral company
A Boral subsidiary has been given a formal warning for unlawfully threatening 100 workers with redundancy.
‘Disregard for law’: union caned
The MUA has been penalised after a court found officials showed an “arrogant disregard for the law” during a 2017 dispute.
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