Supermarket giant Woolworths has denied the Fair Work Ombudsman is entitled to seek compensation for its underpayment of staff, saying its $330 million remediation to affected employees fully answers the regulator’s case.
A boutique Sydney law firm has been taken to court by the Fair Work Ombudsman for allegedly failing to pay the minimum wage to a paralegal.
A controversial announcement by Victorian-based fruit and vegetable processor SPC that it will mandate COVID-19 vaccines for all of its 450 onsite workers could face legal challenges on several grounds.
Employment class action law firm Adero Law is seeking to intervene in the Fair Work Ombudsman’s action against Woolworths, saying the “misconceived” proceedings have disrupted mediation in a class action against the supermarket chain for which 3,000 employees have registered.
COVID-19 vaccinations will begin this week, but most employers won’t be able to force staff to get the jab.
The High Court will not hear cleaning services giant Spotless Group’s challenge to a ruling that found it must pay redundancy entitlements to a group of workers it sacked.
The Fair Work Ombudsman has won nearly $140,000 in penalties against a Brisbane cafe and its owners for paying workers partly in food and drink over the course of six months.
The Australian arm of multinational cosmetics company Lush has back-paid over 3,000 employees more than $4 million and entered into a “stringent” enforceable undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman.
Australia’s largest library has entered into a “stringent” enforceable undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman after underpaying more than 100 employees to the tune of $250,000 in wages and super.
The country’s underpayments scandal has claimed two more victims — international technology company IBM and Western Australian electricity provider Western Power, with the companies agreeing to back pay employees more than $20 million combined and saying “significant” additional back payments were still to come.