Posts tagged "fair work ombudsman"

The Fair Work Ombudsman will test new laws requiring businesses who don't keep proper records to prove they didn't underpay workers.

A man convicted of tax fraud related to illegal phoenixing activity will spend six years in jail and pay $1.8 million in reparations.

Here's what employers need to know about their duty of care to employees in the heat. Because it's hot. Really hot.

The director of a now-collapsed catering company has been slapped with a $50,000 fine for his direct involvement in underpaying five employees.

The Fair Work Ombudsman is conducting a raid through popular Melbourne dining strip Degraves Street after receiving an influx of anonymous tip-offs.

Businesses are being warned about the dangers of adverse action after a director was fined for sacking a worker that approached fair work with a complaint.

Foodora might be the first of many food-delivery industry victims, hinting at the evolving nature of the Australian gig economy.

Australia’s workplace watchdog has revealed the results of its crackdown on Australia’s fruit and vegetable growers, finding more than 50% o…

Questions are being raised about the future of the UberEats and Deliveroo business models in Australia following an FWC ruling last Friday.

A business owner convicted of illegal phoenix activity will spend five years in prison, amid a broader crackdown on the black economy.

The Fair Work Ombudsman said compliance is improving, but more than a third of rule breakers it put on notice didn't clean up their acts.

Directors engaging in illegal phoenixing will be named and shamed under a new Labor policy designed to crack down on black economy activity.