Soft drink giant PepsiCo is trialling a new public holiday program that allows employees to swap Australian public holidays for others that might be “more culturally relevant” to them. The program has just won a prestigious global award for inclusion…
A Federal government proposal to pardon businesses that have 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…
A surprise night-time visit to the MCG by Fair Work inspectors has led to a global cleaning company being penalised more than $132,000 for underpaying 11 overseas workers. The Federal Circuit Court found that ISS Facility Services Australia Limited was…
Wage theft is a 'mortal sin' according to the leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis. For those not in the know - a mortal sin gets you a one-way ticket to hell. Comments made during mass in Italy The…
The Victorian Labor Party has announced plans to jail bosses for wage theft if it wins the upcoming election. Miles Heffernan, Litigation Director at Industrial Relations Claims, has welcomed a decision saying criminal penalties are long overdue. “This is the…
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”. Fair Work Commissioner Bernie Riordan…
A low-life boss has been caught pocketing his employee’s government-funded paid parental leave benefits and falsifying records to cover it up. Kulpreet Singh, who was the manager of the United Petroleum roadhouse at Marrangaroo in the central west of New…
Damning documents have been published by ABC News that suggest deliberate and systemic wage theft at a Melbourne restaurant. According to ABC News, the documents show two sets of numbers indicating what staff were paid officially on the books, and…
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. Management has written to the worker to…
