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  • Chatswood restaurant faces potential $99k penalty for ignoring a Fair Work notice
  • Fair Work signs enforceable undertaking with Melbourne restaurant operator  
  • Former restaurant and shisha bar manager to face court over alleged underpaid wages

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hospitalitymagazine.com.au /3 weeks ago

Chatswood restaurant faces potential $99k penalty for ignoring a Fair Work notice

The FWO is taking the pizza bar and its company director to court following an alleged breach affecting a young worker. The post Chatswood restaurant faces potential $99k penalty f...

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hospitalitymagazine.com.au /1 month ago

Fair Work signs enforceable undertaking with Melbourne restaurant operator  

The Fair Work Ombudsman found staff at Carlucci’s Restaurant were underpaid more than $194,000, and one was owed more than $20,000. The post Fair Work signs enforceable undertaking...

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hospitalitymagazine.com.au /3 weeks ago

Former restaurant and shisha bar manager to face court over alleged underpaid wages

The Fair Work Ombudsman alleges the owner of the now closed Sydney venues owes more than $180,000 in underpaid wages to 69 workers. The post Former restaurant and shisha bar mana...

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hospitalitymagazine.com.au /1 week ago

Operator of former Thai restaurant in Newcastle to face court 

The FWO is alleging the operators of Larnna Thai failed to make superannuation payments and breached workplace laws to cover it up. The post Operator of former Thai restaurant in...

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stuff.co.nz /1 month ago

Five workers owed $147k after minimum wage and holiday pay breaches

A business owner has been ordered to pay $147,000 after taking money from employees' wages for rent and loans while failing to pay the minimum wage.

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stuff.co.nz /1 month ago

Five workers owed $147k after minimum wage and holiday pay breaches

A business owner has been ordered to pay $147,000 after taking money from employees' wages for rent and loans while failing to pay the minimum wage.

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pkf-francisclark.co.uk /3 days ago

The Fair Work Agency: Key updates and employer guidance for a year of transition

The post The Fair Work Agency: Key updates and employer guidance for a year of transition appeared first on LLP Site.

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order-order.com /1 month ago

Labour Instructs ‘Fair Work’ Employment Policeman to Recommend Its Own Expansion

The Fair Work Agency – set up to police employers and enforce the Employment Rights Act – has been instructed by Labour to expand itself outside of its current remit. Two foundatio...

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brisbanetimes.com.au /2 weeks ago

Woolworths worker who was told to cover his ‘plumber’s crack’ has case dismissed

A casual worker who said his feelings were hurt by a co-worker was berated by the Fair Work Commission for wasting its time with his unfair dismissal claim.

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theguardian.com /1 month ago

Fair Work Agency’s priorities criticised days before its launch

Cornerstone of the UK’s Employment Rights Act ‘in danger of becoming a dead duck’, says Unite bossThe government has asked its new employment rights watchdog to reduce the regulato...

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brisbanetimes.com.au /2 weeks ago

‘We own Fair Work’: Cairns companies recount decade of CFMEU intimidation

The Commission of Inquiry has heard evidence of intimidation and suspected sabotage by the CFMEU at the $176 million Cairns Convention Centre project.

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natlawreview.com /4 days ago

Working From Home or Hardly Working? When WFH Corner-Cutting Becomes Misconduct

The Fair Work Commission (FWC, or Commission) recently confirmed that an employee who falsified timesheets while working from home was not unfairly dismissed in Mr Neeraj Kumar v H...

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hospitalitymagazine.com.au /1 week ago

ASIC disqualifies Sydney hospitality director for five years

The director also came under scrutiny from the FWO earlier this year, with the regulator alleging that he knowingly underpaid dozens of migrant workers. The post ASIC disqualifies...

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newsroom.co.nz /6 days ago

Sky World owner ordered to pay ex-assistant $157k for 2100 hours of unpaid work

Proposal for worker’s redundancy referred to a ‘500 percent profit decrease’, yet lacked financial information to explain the downturn

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order-order.com /1 month ago

Labour’s New ‘Fair Work’ Quango Hires Senior Staff on Four-Day Weeks

Labour’s ‘Fair Work Agency,’ the organisation being set up to police employers and enforce the hated Employment Rights Act and replace the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority, i...

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brisbanetimes.com.au /3 weeks ago

‘Every time we had to ask for pay’: Workers are losing billions in migrant wage scandal

The largest study of migrant working conditions in Australia has found 65 per cent are underpaid, with more than one-third earning below the minimum wage.

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stuff.co.nz /2 weeks ago

Boss claimed apprentice was a thief, but a tribunal disagreed and ordered $28k be paid to the worker

An Auckland tyre shop business has been ordered to pay a former employee more than $28,000.

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hospitalitymagazine.com.au /1 month ago

Regulators target vineyard employers in South Australia for surprise inspections  

The investigations are focused on finding any unlawful practices of seasonal vineyard workers including underpaying wages and super. The post Regulators target vineyard employers...

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malaymail.com /1 month ago

HR Ministry: Private sector FWA must be implemented in accordance with Employment Act 1955

PUTRAJAYA, April 9 — The implementation of flexible working arrangements (FWA) by the private sector must be imple...

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marinelink.com /1 month ago

AMSA Bans Vessel for Seafarer Exploitation

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is warning maritime employers that failure to meet minimum standards for seafarers’ living and working conditions may result in seri...

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australianaviation.com.au /1 month ago

Jetstar engineer was not unfairly dismissed over ‘hazing’, says FWC

After Jarrod Mcrae left two apprentices stranded six metres in the air underneath a 787’s wing, the commission ruled that his engagement in “horseplay, skylarking or practical joke...

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stuff.co.nz /2 weeks ago

Chef fired by text message while away travelling overseas wins wrongful dismissal dispute

A Marlborough chef who worked at the same restaurant for 14 years has been awarded $26,000 after her employer fired her while she was travelling overseas.

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stuff.co.nz /1 week ago

Domino’s franchisee banned from hiring migrant workers over visa breach

The company has been handed a one-year ban on employing additional migrant workers after challenging an infringement notice in court.

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irishtimes.com /1 month ago

Migrant chef paid €1.61 an hour for 90-hour weeks in case branded ‘economic slavery’

Madhu Foods Limited, trading as Guru Indian Cuisine, found to have committed multiple employment rights breaches against the worker

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