Fair Work Ombudsman ‘overreacted’ in wage case against Transpetrol, judge says

Employment 2019-03-27 9:30 pm By Christine Caulfield | Melbourne

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A judge has told off the Fair Work Ombudsman for seeking penalties of up to $94,000 in a case alleging Norwegian shipping company Transpetrol underpaid seafarers more than $255,000 in wages, saying she “overreacted”.

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