Last year, the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (the Court) found a HR Manager to be accessorily liable for his involvement in an employer’s unlawful adverse action against an employee after she proposed to exercise a workplace right, being her ability to initiate proceedings under a workplace law. In the decision of United […]
READ MORESuncorp forced to pay back $32 million to underpaid employees
Announced today, Suncorp’s (ASX: SUN) insurance arm has forked out about $32 million to more than 15,800 underpaid staff after revealing it failed to adequately pay employees the minimum wage since 2014. The payback includes interest and superannuation, including about $26 million in wages and entitlements, $4.5 million in interest, and $1.4 million in superannuation. […]
READ MORE$2.6 million owed to casual workers at Taronga Zoo and Taronga Western Plains Zoo
A payroll system error has found casual workers at two of New South Wales’ biggest zoos are owed millions of dollars in back pay. Taronga Zoo told workers on Friday morning they were acting to address $2.6 million in “historic underpayments” to 902 current and former casual staff at both their Sydney and Dubbo zoos. […]
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BHP admits to $430m underpayment scandal of 28,500 workers across Australia
Almost 30,000 employees at BHP will be entitled to a share of $430 million in back pay after the mining giant revealed a major payment bungle over years. The company on Thursday conceded about 28,500 current and former employees will be back paid annual leave that had been incorrectly deducted over a 13-year period. An […]
READ MOREAustralia increases minimum wage by 5.75%
Australia’s award workers will be getting a 5.75% wage increase starting July 1, according to the Fair Work Commission (FWC) on Friday. In its Annual Wage Review Decision, the FWC said the national minimum wage will be hiked to $23.23 per hour or $882.80 per week. This comes as the FWC also made a technical […]
READ MOREPrivate schools blindsided by ‘shock’ budget tax
Victoria’s peak private school body says it was blindsided by the Andrews Government’s decision to impose a payroll tax on non-government schools. Announced in the Victorian Budget on Tuesday, the measure will apply to roughly 110 of the state’s wealthiest high-fee private schools, who will now lose their payroll tax exemption from July 2024. Independent […]
READ MOREUniting AgeWell signs Enforceable Undertaking
Aged care services provider Uniting AgeWell Limited has back-paid staff more than $3.5 million including interest and superannuation and signed an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) with the Fair Work Ombudsman. The not-for-profit charitable organisation, wholly owned by the Uniting Church in Australia, self-reported its non-compliance to the regulator in September 2021 after discovering underpayments in a […]
READ MOREUniversity of Technology Sydney signs Enforceable Undertaking
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is back-paying staff more than $4.4 million, plus superannuation and interest, and has entered into an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) with the Fair Work Ombudsman. UTS reported its non-compliance to the regulator in May 2021 after becoming aware, when conducting an internal review while designing a new payroll system, that […]
READ MOREStop-bullying orders issued against non-workers
Under the anti-bullying jurisdiction of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (the FW Act), the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has the broad power to make an order (other than monetary payment) that it considers appropriate to prevent a worker from being bullied at work. The power to make a stop-bullying order is not necessarily limited […]
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