Soft drink giant PepsiCo is trialling a new public holiday system, which allows its employees to swap Australian public holidays for ones that might be “more culturally relevant” to them, like Chinese New Year or Eid. According to a report…
A Federal government proposal to pardon businesses who cheated their employees out of superannuation over the past 25 years has been criticised as letting dodgy bosses “off the hook”. The 12-month amnesty would mean employers won’t have to pay the…
A surprise night-time visit to the Melbourne Cricket Ground by Fair Work inspectors has led to a global cleaning company being penalised more than $132,000 for underpaying 11 overseas workers. ISS Facility Services Australia Limited was found by the Federal…
Pope Francis has come out swinging against employers who exploit their workers by stealing their wages and entitlements, labelling it a ‘mortal sin’. For those not in the know - a mortal sin gets you a one-way ticket to hell.…
Industrial Relations Claims has welcomed a decision by the Victorian Labor government to criminalise wage theft if re-elected. The announcement was made on the weekend by premier Daniel Andrews at the party’s state conference, and will mean Victoria will be…
The Australian Red Cross has admitted that it underpaid thousands of its current and former staff millions of dollars dating back several years. According to documents obtained by The Guardian, the organisation has set aside $20 million to back pay…
A hair salon owner has been ordered to pay a former employee compensation, after he sacked her during a heated expletive-ridden online exchange, during which he threatened to break her bones and make her “suffer”. ‘Alphaeus Hair Salon’ owner Chris…
A New South Wales petrol station operator has been caught stealing his migrant employee’s government-funded paid parental leave benefits. Kulpreet Singh, who was the manager of the United Petroleum roadhouse at Marrangaroo in the central west of the state, and…
In what appears to be extraordinary and damning evidence of systematic wage theft, ABC News is reporting that it has obtained documents that seem to show how a Melbourne restaurant underpaid its staff thousands of dollars. The documents suggest that…
An engineer who repeatedly hasn't turned up to work has told his boss he can't come into the office because he is too busy being the 10th incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu. Rameschandra Fefar started working as a superintending…
