Posts tagged "underpayment"

Muffin Break and Jamaica Blue workers have been back paid after their employer was caught up in a wage theft scandal, uncovered by several audits.

Big business wage thieves will be subject to court-enforceable undertakings to prove they've got their house in order, the fair work ombudsman said.

In recent years there have been large-scale cases of underpayment involving household names such as Caltex, 7-Eleven and Pizza Hut and Domino's Pizza.

With all the George Calombaris news, you have to ask: are we all guilty of underpaying? Not just in business, but as customers?

The government is moving ahead with tough new laws designed to tackle Australia's wage theft crisis — but it won't be easy.

Overpayments can occur when an employer mistakenly believes an employee is entitled to that salary or because of a payroll error.

Michael Hill has admitted it stole as much as $25 million from workers over six financial years in a note to investors.

A Melbourne-based grocer has been ordered to pay a hefty fine after stealing wages from workers for at least two-and-a-half years.

Domino's has been served with a class action lawsuit alleging it underpaid thousands of workers over more than five years.

Two cafes located in Melbourne brunch hotspots have admitted to underpaying over two-dozen workers and will be subject to "close scrutiny".

The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a sizable penalty against the former operator of three sushi outlets who admitted to underpaying 31 workers.

A Victorian business that shortchanged workers has been handed a hefty penalty after the Court found it engaged in deliberate exploitation.