A small construction business in South Australia has been ordered to pay a former worker 15 years’ worth of annual leave, after a Federal Ci…
A small construction business in South Australia has been ordered to pay a former worker 15 years’ worth of annual leave, after a Federal Ci…
Concerns about underpayments in the hospitality sector have been big news in 2017. From cases involving high-profile celebrity chefs to thos…
A Zambrero franchisee has been ordered to pay a former worker $2000 in compensation after he fired her on the spot when she and her mother w…
The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched Federal Circuit Court action against well-known Melbourne restaurant chain Meatball and Wine Bar and i…
The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched action against a Pizza Hut franchisee in the Federal Circuit Court over allegations the company engage…
The Federal Court has handed down penalties of $447,300 and ordered 49 workers be back-paid $223,000 in a case involving a Sydney-based faci…
In what could be a precedent-setting legal decision, the Federal Circuit Court has found an accounting business to be liable for contraventi…
The full bench of the Fair Work Commission has found Qantas had a right to terminate the employment of a flight attendant who took alcohol o…
A Melbourne-based electrical equipment company and one of its directors now owes almost $60,000, after being hit with more than $30,000 in a…
Editor’s note: Following the publication of this article in March 2017, the Federal Court of Australia subsequently found in favour of the b…
Allegations that franchisees at Domino’s Pizza spoke to workers about paying for visa sponsorship have prompted employment lawyers to rem…
The Fair Work Commission has found the dismissal of a human resources and training officer at a Queensland bitumen company was harsh and unj…
