Small retailers can check whether they’re acting lawfully following the roll out of industry-specific information on the Fair Work Ombudsm…
Small retailers can check whether they’re acting lawfully following the roll out of industry-specific information on the Fair Work Ombudsm…
This week, a government report revealed that many small businesses aren’t aware of the free help available to them to avoid costly dispute…
The Fair Work Ombudsman has initiated legal action against a New Zealand company in the country’s high court, in an attempt to recover hundr…
In a reflection of the growing trend for managers and directors to be targeted by the Fair Work Ombudsman, a string of recent cases have res…
Experts say businesses need more education on how the Fair Work regime actually works if they are to be expected to avoid aggressive penalti…
Discrimination cases are attracting some pretty hefty headlines at the moment. But these headlines don’t capture a key aspect of these cases…
The Fair Work Ombudsman has this morning launched the first pregnancy discrimination claim in the Federal Court on behalf of a worker at a N…
Fast-food giant McDonald’s has been referred to the Fair Work Ombudsman for allegedly underpaying some of its workers, after the industrial …
The Fair Work Ombudsman Nicholas Wilson has announced his agency will write to 50,000 retailers and conduct random audits of 1,500 workplace…
The Fair Work Ombudsman has unveiled a new tactic of targeting major events by announcing that inspectors will randomly audit stall-holders …
Fair Work Ombudsman Nicholas Wilson will investigate claims from Liberal senators that officials from the Ombudsman’s office are telling emp…
The announcement that inspectors from the Fair Work Ombudsman are planning to conduct 50,000 workplace visits – including 26,000 this year…