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Legal action against supermarket for allegedly underpaying Indian migrant worker

The business faces a penalty of up to $66,600 and operator faces a penalty of up to $13,320 for the alleged failure to issue pay slips.
INNOVATION

Australia’s largest almond grower allegedly back-paid staff $500,000 

Individual back-payments range from $4 to almost $12,500.
INNOVATION

UNSW faces court for allegedly failing to keep lawful record of casual staff’s wages

The Fair Work Ombudsman’s litigation focuses on a sample of 66 allegedly affected casual academic staff in UNSW’s Business School, based at Kensington in Sydney.
INNOVATION

Starbucks back-pays more than $4.5 million to staff across 52 stores

The underpaid part-time employees included baristas, supervisors and assistant managers.
INNOVATION

Sunshine Coast farms and cafes checked for alleged underpayments

Inspectors will be assessing about 20 farms and 15 eateries between Noosa and the Sunshine Coast Hinterland.
INNOVATION

Largest aged care operator in Tasmania to pay staff overtime and underpayment dues

Most underpaid employees were part-time aged care workers, nurses and community care workers who performed shift work.
IMMIGRATION

Security services company faces court for allegedly underpaying $98k to 19 migrant workers

The regulator began an investigation in January 2022 after receiving requests for assistance from an employee.
INNOVATION

Newcastle daycare centre in court for allegedly failing to back-pay a worker

The regulator is also seeking orders for the company to rectify the alleged underpayment in full, plus interest and superannuation.
IMMIGRATION

$375,000 penalty for underpayment to South Asian migrant workers at waste management facility

“All are from migrant backgrounds and have limited to negligible written and verbal English skills.”
INNOVATION

Sydney restaurant in court for not paying annual leave entitlements to two visa-holder chefs

The restaurant faces a penalty of up to $33,300 and operator faces a penalty of up to $6,660.
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Melbourne family shattered by loss of 16-year-old son, calls for better pedestrian protection

Chris Rua Antony died in hospital on February 20, a week after he was struck by a car while walking home from school along Pound Road in Narre Warren South.
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Gaza’s endless War: Proxies, misinformation, and the civilians caught in between

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