Businesses are being forced to choose between standing down local workers who will get government support or migrant workers who aren't eligible for benefits. According to a heartbreaking report in The Sydney Morning Herald, business owners are calling on the…
A restaurant linked to celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal cheated workers out of $4.5 million, according to a leaked report. The creditors' report, compiled by liquidators BRI Ferrier, details debts of $8 million, most of which is unpaid wages and entitlements.…
The operators of a swanky rooftop bar in Melbourne are facing court action for allegedly underpaying a worker. The Fair Work Ombudsman also alleges the company failed to comply with a Compliance Notice to back-pay a worker. Furthermore, the regular…
A former Coffee Club franchise is taking the company to court claiming it set him up to fail. Jeremy Swift ran the Gold Coast outlet for 15 years and wants more than one million dollars compensation. He's claiming the situation…
Employment law experts are calling on the federal government to introduce criminal penalties for wage theft. The call comes after the Federal Circuit Court penalised a Queensland restaurant operator for a third time for ripping off workers. The court described…
Undercover staff spied on a Brisbane Coffee Club franchise to check if workers were being paid proper wages. The Coffee Club Franchising Company took the extraordinary action. They did it as a result of suspecting the owners of the store…
The Fair Work Ombudsman today carried out surprise audits of 17 Top Juice stores along Australia's east coast. The regulator targeted outlets in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and the ACT to check compliance with workplace laws. The operation follows…
The owners of a western Sydney restaurant are in court after allegedly underpaying an Indian worker by more than $150,000. The Fair Work Ombudsman has described the alleged wage theft as "extremely serious and completely unacceptable". Indian worker allegedly underpaid…
Fair Work inspectors raided a number of bars along Melbourne's popular Chapel Street after receiving complaints of wage theft. The bars targeted by the workplace watchdog are all owned by the La La Bar Group. They include Holy Grail, Electric, Wonderland,…
There are renewed calls for wage theft to be made a crime following revelations George Calombaris underpaid workers $8 million. The latest underpayments scandal follows another last year, when the celebrity chef back-paid $2.6 million to employees. Fellow celebrity chef…
