Labor weighs IR exemptions amid employer fury
The casual employment changes have been blasted by employers, and Senate crossbenchers have voiced their reservations.
Underpayments
CBA, CommSec ‘underpaid’ workers $16m
The Fair Work Ombudsman alleges that thousands of workers went underpaid for years.
Woolies taken to court for underpaying managers
The Fair Work Ombudsman’s case alleges 70 managers were underpaid $1.17m, but it could cost Woolworths much more.
Cosmetics giant ripped millions off staff
The multinational company was fined just $60,000 despite ripping off more than 3000 staff over eight years.
Labour hire firms at fault on pay
ABCC report finds companies are not paying workers correctly, keeping proper records and not giving out pay slips.
Hero Sushi outlets fined record for underpaying staff
In a case the judge said was about ‘greed and exploitation’, three restaurants penalised $891,000.
Disabled workers underpaid $13.6m
WA disability services provider to foot huge back-pay bill after underpaying 1700 workers over six years.
Qantas underpayments climb to$7.1m
The airline becomes the latest big company to disclose underpayments to workers.
Woolies feeling virus impact
Woolworths is seeing softer grocery sales in areas which normally have Chinese students, as the coronavirus also threatens to delay shipments.
Wesfarmers reveals new underpayments
Wesfarmers has admitted to underpaying staff at its struggling Target stores by $9m, as Bunnings and Kmart lifted profits.
Coles faces probe on underpayments
Fair Work Ombudsman accuses Coles of breaching workplace laws after workers were underpaid $15m over six years.
Car dealer ‘sorry’ underpaying staff
Major car retailer AP Eagers is the latest company to admit shortchanging workers by as much as $4.5m over seven years.
More Woolies staff underpaid
Woolworths has found more cases of ‘disappointing’ wage underpayment, as its AGM backed a restructure.
CBA underpayments top $53m
CBA boss Matt Comyn admits it’s unacceptable that more than 41,000 staff were not paid their correct entitlements.
Burger staff underpaid more than $1m
Japanese burger chain had unlawfully low flat rates, Fair Work Ombudsman finds.
NBN labourer paid ‘nothing’
A NBN subcontractor has been penalised for not paying a labourer any wages, ignoring his pleas he could not feed his family.
Travel agency fined for underpaying workers
Melbourne travel agency fined almost $400,000 for underpaying workers as a “condition” of their visa sponsorship.
Wage probe a ‘Labor-backed talkfest’
a Labor-backed Senate inquiry into wage theft has been ridiculed by the Attorney-General.
Senate inquiry to probe wage theft
The extent and amount of unlawful underpayment of workers will be investigated, after the Senate backed an ALP motion.
Backlash from business on wage penalties
Employers have opposed a government proposal to ban directors of underpaying companies from sitting on boards.
Porter backs ACTU on ‘wage theft’ complaints
Attorney-General Christian Porter says directors of companies that fail to pay workers properly could be banned from sitting on boards.
A-G leads pay charge
Attorney-General Christian Porter says the conduct of a substantial section of corporate Australia has been ‘hopeless’.
Legal hit to Domino’s over pay claim
Domino’s fails to limit access to documents likely to be key in a claim by allegedly underpaid staff.
Pay rip-offs swamp Fair Work Ombudsman
Ombudsman to review agency’s operations in the wake of a raft of massive wage underpayments by large companies.
Beyond hopeless: Porter slams Woolworths
Christian Porter warns companies have “rocks in their heads” if they don’t focus on “major problem” of wage compliance.
Woolies’ conduct ‘unacceptable’
Fair Work Ombudsman Sandra Parker has attacked Woolworths for a lack of transparency over employee underpayments.
Woolies faces big fine, $300m bill
Australia’s worker underpayment bill has soared past $500m with Woolworths facing significant financial penalties.
Woolworths underpays staff up to $300m
Supermarket giant Woolworths has apologised for underpaying 5700 staff by as much as $300m over nine years.
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