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$550,000 penalty for Sydney company that deliberately underpaid migrant workers

Under the Protecting Vulnerable Workers laws, the maximum penalties for serious contraventions are 10-times the penalties which would ordinarily apply.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

$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.”

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53-foot tractor-trailer driver Baljeet Singh pleads guilty in deadly pileup, was playing phone game and fled to India

The crash killed 42-year-old mother Nancy Lefrançois and her 11-year-old son Loïc Chevalier, who were travelling in a passenger vehicle struck in the collision.

Indian Premier League could be played in Australia, Adelaide Oval explores plan

The proposal is part of a broader idea to strengthen cricket ties between Australia and India.

Perth toddler Sandipan Dhar’s death ‘probably preventable’ after missed blood test, coroner says

21-month-old Sandipan died in March 2024 after being taken to hospital with a persistent fever that had lasted for weeks.
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