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.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has agreed to pay 1,800 current and former casual staff $12 million in unpaid wages, following an investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman that found some workers were paid less than minimum wage.