A group of cleaners has won redundancy payouts from their former employer, after they were transferred to a new company that paid them less for the same work. The cleaners worked for Asset Industries Australia cleaning public service offices in…
A single mother of four was forced to borrow money from her parents to pay basic bills and sometimes went without food after the labour-hire company she worked for underpaid her through an illegal sham contracting arrangement. The woman was…
A Gold Coast tour bus company has been penalised more than $165,000 for ripping off two drivers through a sham contracting arrangement. AVA Travel Pty Ltd was penalised $164,475 and its director Chin Kuen Yung $3,825 for underpaying the drivers…
More than $1 million in stolen wages has been recovered for 2500 workers in the fruit and vegetable picking industry after a major investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman. The numbers 638 businesses connected to harvesting crops including strawberries, citrus,…
Food delivery companies including Uber Eats and Deliveroo have been put on notice after a former Foodora delivery rider won his unfair dismissal case last week. The Fair Work Commission ruled in favour of Josh Klooger, after he launched an…
The Fair Work Ombudsman has dropped its legal action against Foodora after the food delivery company ceased operations in Australia. The FWO had launched litigation over sham contracting, alleging Foodora had falsely classified its workers as independent contractors, instead of…
The Fair Work Ombudsman has once again entered into a cosy deal with a company that ripped off its workers, instead of taking them to court. This time it involves Melbourne cleaning company Veracity Property Services Pty Ltd, which provides…
A head chef who was underpaid more than $13,000 had her bonuses paid in the form of movie tickets and vouchers - including one for a free canoe trip down the Brisbane River. *Karen worked for the Queensland-based catering company…
A Gold Coast Pizza Hut outlet has been fined more than $216,000 after exploiting a delivery driver by putting him on a sham contract, and then creating false records to try and cover it up. Dong Zhao who owns and…
In what could turn out to be a landmark case, the Fair Work Ombudsman is taking food delivery company Foodora to court, alleging that it ripped off workers by putting them on sham contracts. The legal action, which was filed…
