An IGA supermarket operator who ripped off six workers, and then failed to comply with an order to pay them back, has been penalised $320,263 by the Federal Circuit Court. Judge Heather Riley found that the underpayments were deliberate and…
The former owner of a fruit market in Melbourne has been hit with an eye-watering record penalty of $660,020 for ripping off a refugee worker. Abdulrahman Taleb, the former owner-operator of the Sunshine Fruit Market in the suburb of Sunshine,…
Workers who believe they have been ripped off by their boss will be able to check with a new service called WAGE THEFT CHECK which was launched today by WAGETHEFT.net.au, a division of Industrial Relations Claims. For a small fee,…
The Fair Work Ombudsman says it will continue to investigate the Rockpool Dining Group over systematic wage theft, despite the company agreeing to back pay staff $1.6 million. Rockpool, which is fronted by celebrity chef Neil Perry, hit the headlines…
The Fair Work Ombudsman has announced it is conducting a blitz of businesses in the Sydney suburb of Newtown, after it received a number of anonymous complaints from workers in the area. The inner-west region, which includes Newtown, has the…
The former owner of a Cairns restaurant has been penalised $168,924 for ripping off a migrant worker more than $33,000. In handing down the penalty, the Federal Circuit Court said: “There is a need to show there are serious consequences…
The cost of cheap sushi is widespread wage theft and exploitation of vulnerable workers, according to industrial advocates. A recent audit of 45 sushi audits by the Fair Work Ombudsman found 37 breached workplace laws. The audits revealed the outlets…
The operators of a New South Wales service station are facing court after allegedly underpaying two workers more than $50,000. Kamaldeep Singh and his wife Uma Singh once ran Metro Petroleum on the Pacific Highway at Doyalson. The Fair Work…
A deputy school principal who had secret affair with a teacher has lost his unfair dismissal. The Education Department sacked the man when it discovered he promoted the woman without declaring his conflict of interest. The New South Wales Industrial…
A Crust Gourmet Pizza franchisee is facing court accused of ripping off his workers. Chern Ming “Rick” Lee, and his company Desire Food Pty Ltd, once operated the Crust Pizza outlet at Cheltenham in Melbourne. They are accused of underpaying…
