A labour-hire company has avoided court action for wage theft, after entering into an Enforceable Undertaking with Fair Work. Under the terms of the agreement, the Sydney-based company agreed to back-pay a Chinese student. The underpayments totalled $12,933 for a…
The new national minimum wage and penalty rate cuts are now in effect. The minimum wage is now $19.49 per hour, or $740.80 per week. The Fair Work Ombudsman says many businesses get caught out underpaying workers at this time…
Do you know your rights and obligations when it comes to sick leave? This time of year, many workers catch a cold or influenza, and need to take time off to lie on the couch and watch Netflix and recover.…
A group of security guards who didn't receive proper wages for working at the Commonwealth Games have finally been back-paid. The back payments follow action by the Fair Work Ombudsman. Commonwealth Games security guards finally back paid The Gold Coast…
Claims by business groups that wage theft is 'innocent' are nonsense, according to industrial advocates. Business lobby groups continually claim that underpayments are not deliberate, but rather happen as a result of 'innocent' mistakes by employers. Miles Heffernan from Industrial…
Queensland nurses will get a better deal after a surprise admission by the nurses union in the Fair Work Commission. The Queensland Nurses and Midwives Union (QNMU) wanted to ban the rival Nurses' Professional Association of Queensland (NPAQ) from participating…
Fair Work has promised more enforcement against businesses that commit wage theft. However, the regulator will continue to prioritise vulnerable migrant workers over Australian nationals. Fair Work promises more enforcement Industrial advocate Miles Heffernan from Industrial Relations Claims welcomed the…
A train guard sacked for sending a dick pic to a co-worker after hours has lost his unfair dismissal claim. The Fair Work Commission rejected his argument that he sent the explicit picture to the woman by mistake. It found…
A fruit farmer has been penalised $144,000 for deliberately underpaying two Malaysian fruit pickers. In addition, he used false documents to cover up the wage theft. The Federal Circuit Court penalised Zucco Farming Pty Ltd $120,000 and the company’s sole…
Industrial Relations Claims is calling for schools to teach teenagers about their workplace rights. Advocate Miles Heffernan says many employers take advantage of young people working in their first jobs because they don't know their rights. He's calling on schools…
