A company chief financial officer faced court this week after not appearing at jury duty, with reports suggesting he could be facing jail ti…
A company chief financial officer faced court this week after not appearing at jury duty, with reports suggesting he could be facing jail ti…
Convenience store giant 7-Eleven yesterday signed a Proactive Compliance Deed with the Fair Work Ombudsman in a plan that is hoped to end l…
A fruit and vegetable wholesaler has been hit with a $76,478 repayment bill after the Fair Work Ombudsman found the business had underpaid t…
A legal action initiated by the Fair Work Ombudsman has resulted in a penalty of $126,540 against a businessman “centrally involved” in a …
Service station franchise owners were tipped off by oil giant Caltex ahead of raids by the Fair Work Ombudsman, and workers say they were t…
A job ad for an unpaid intern at an Australian energy drink company has once again highlighted the gray area of internships in Australia’s w…
A Queensland restaurant has been fined $21,000 dollars by the Fair Work Ombudsman after underpaying a foreign worker and refusing to repay h…
By Andrew Stewart
There are many different types of internships and the legal rules that govern them are not entirely clear. But as a nu…
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal proceedings against the operator of a roadhouse in regional New South Wales who allegedly withhe…
A strong warning on underpaying interns has been passed down by the Federal Court, which fined international media company AIMB BQ $270,000 …
A small business owner has been fined $70,000 by the Federal Circuit Court after he was found to have used inaccurate job ads to lure young …
By Tess Hardy, University of Melbourne
The head office of the 7-Eleven franchise is dismantling an independent claims panel headed by Pr…
