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Operator of former Perth restaurant penalised after failing to back-pay staff 

The company and director behind the now-shuttered Perth restaurant have been fined more than $50,000. The post Operator of former Perth restaurant penalised after failing to back-p...

Former employee files fair work claim against Town of Port Hedland

Former employee files fair work claim against Town of Port Hedland

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...

QLD restaurants targeted in FWO and Border Force sting

The ABF warned that employers who fail to do the right thing may face severe consequences. The post QLD restaurants targeted in FWO and Border Force sting appeared first on hospita...

Former Wollongong restaurant operators fined 

Fair Work Ombudsman Anna Booth says the case highlights that employers can face penalties far exceeding the amount they owe an employee.  The post Former Wollongong restaurant oper...

Melbourne cafe operator fined after failing to back-pay former employee   

The cafe, which describes itself as the "world's first happiness centre", did not back-pay the worker until the Fair Work Ombudsman commenced legal action. The post Melbourne cafe...

Council leisure centre worker wins $15k payout after unfair dismissal over secret side-hustle

An Auckland Council fitness instructor has been awarded $15,501.60 after the Employment Relations Authority found his summary dismissal was unfair and breached the duty of good fai...

Elderly worker left struggling to pay rent after settlement went unpaid

A painting contractor and its sole director have been ordered to pay more than $12,500 after breaching a mediated employment agreement.

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...

Horse dealer ordered to pay stable worker €4,500 for employment rights breaches

Wharfie who showed bikini photo of coworkers to colleagues reinstated

A Melbourne port employee alleged to have used crude language and zoomed into a bikini photo of coworkers has kept his job after the fair work umpire maintained his dismissal was u...

M&S worker whose staff discount was used 73 times in six weeks when his wife secretly copied and shared it wins unfa...

WRC adjudicator awards complainant €2,000, noting he ‘contributed significantly by his carelessness’

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

Flawed redundancy process costs Auckland building company $23,000

An Auckland worker has been awarded more than $23,000 after her employer used hidden selection criteria and a pre-signed termination letter to make her redundant.

Horse dealer ordered to pay stable worker more than €4,500 for employment rights breaches

Valentine Jevardat De Fombelle says she received 12 weeks’ wages for 13 weeks’ work at Co Sligo company

Migrant workers left stranded after arriving for jobs that weren’t there

An immigration adviser has breached multiple professional standards by leaving offshore agents to handle vulnerable workers who arrived in New Zealand to find there was no work.

Manager Fined $15,000 for Providing Falsified Documents to an Employment Standards Officer

Court Orders Employer to Pay $750K in Back Wages, Damages in FLSA Dispute

When employers fail to honor wage and hour settlement agreements, the Department of Labor’s next step is to pursue a court order. In this recent incident, a Washington employer ope...

FLSA Dispute: Bars Must Pay $51K Back Wages, $31K in Child-Labor Penalties

A federal court entered a consent order against three Cowbell sports bars in Biddeford,Scarborough and Westbrook, ME, resolving a Department of Labor case alleging Fair LaborStanda...

Sponsored Care Worker Awarded £30,000 After Receiving No Work

  Mr S Shaji v Swan Care Solutions Ltd: Background to the Case   Shaji v Swan Care Solutions Ltd concerned a sponsored care worker who relocated from India to the UK after being of...

Not ‘fit and proper’: Controversial women-only labour hire firm has licence stripped

The Victorian labour hire cop has refused to renew the licence for Women in Construction after it was revealed it was run by men with criminal records.

Temporary Help Agency and Director Fined $150,000 Total for Failing to Pay Wages

Kitchen hand wins payout after paying illegal $25,000 job fee

The Employment Relations Authority ordered Patel Catering Limited and its sole director, Chaitali Patel, to pay more than $44,000 to Jaspreet Kaur, plus interest.

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.