Company penalised for underpaying 80 workers

The employees were also not provided with paid rest breaks they were entitled to under the Award The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has secured a $22,440 penalty against the former owner-operator of a labour-hire company following the underpayment of 80 workers. The Federal Court has imposed the penalty against Tao Hu, who operated labour-hire company […]

Fourth person jailed for Operation Elbrus

Devyn Hammond has today been sentenced in the Supreme Court of NSW to 4 years jail for her role in a syndicate that is alleged to have defrauded the Commonwealth of more than $105 million over three years. Ms Hammond pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to defraud the Commonwealth and conspiring to deal with […]

No competition: Conflicts of interest in the employment relationship

Many standard employment contracts contain a clause that addresses an employee’s obligations in relation to secondary employment and conflicts of interest. The obligation is generally that an employee will not act in a manner that conflicts with the interests of their employer or their duties as an employee. This contractual obligation is reflective of the […]

Penalty for underpayment of mushroom farm workers

The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a $22,440 penalty against the former owner-operator of a labour-hire company following the underpayment of 80 workers on a Queensland mushroom farm. The Federal Court has imposed the penalty against Ms Tao Hu, who operated labour-hire company HRS Country Pty Ltd before it went into liquidation in 2016. Ms […]

Westpac to repay $8m to 8,000 workers underpaid for long service leave

Westpac has said it will repay $8m to about 8,000 workers who it underpaid by incorrectly calculating their long service leave entitlements. The bank joins a long list of Australian companies, including rival Commonwealth Bank, Woolworths and the ABC, that have admitted to underpaying staff. “We apologise to anyone impacted by these errors and our […]

Unpaid pandemic leave & annual leave changes to awards

On 8 April 2020, the Fair Work Commission (the Commission) made determinations varying 99 awards, adding unpaid pandemic leave and annual leave flexibility. The determinations inserted a temporary new Schedule X into these 99 awards, which provided 2 weeks of unpaid pandemic leave and the ability to take twice as much annual leave at half […]

‘Unexpected error’: ATO website crashes

The Australian Tax Office (ATO) portal appears to have crashed on Wednesday morning, the first day of the new financial year. Wednesday 1 July marks the first day Australians in need can access the second batch of early superannuation, meaning they can apply to withdraw another $10,000 from their nest egg. According to outage tracking […]

Coronavirus: Flexibility measures extended for clerks, payroll employees

Employers have been handed a reprieve from the Fair Work Commission after it agreed to extend special conditions covering more than one million clerical, payroll and administrative workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The changes to the clerks award, which include extending the ordinary hours a person can work if they are working at home, were […]

Will the Aussie workplace change permanently?

The younger the employee, the less courage they have to ask their employer to make permanent working from home arrangements Many people have discovered just how much work they can achieve while working at home – especially if they have the right digital resources, according to Jeff Downs, CEO and Founder at Redback Connect. If […]

Employsure denies misrepresentation claims

Workplace relations advisor Employsure is denying that it misled consumers into thinking it was affiliated with the Fair Work Ombudsman, in legal action brought by the ACCC. In Federal Court proceedings, the ACCC is claiming Employsure misrepresented that the primary function of its hotline was to provide free advice, when in fact it made a […]

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