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Legal action against a cafe franchisor for underpayment to workers

This legal action follows a case for exploiting young students under the guise of a purported internship arrangement.
INNOVATION

Union penalised more than $300k for defying right of entry breaches

“I am satisfied that the [union] has a substantial record of contravening the Fair Work Act."
INNOVATION

IT services company faces court for allegedly underpaying worker’s minimum wages

“Where employers do not comply, we will take appropriate action to protect employees."
INNOVATION

Fair Work takes court action against Super Retail Group for alleged ‘serious contraventions’

The FWO’s legal action focuses on a sample of 146 of the allegedly underpaid employees across the group.
INNOVATION

Vehicle repair shop fined $30k for not paying back-pay entitlements of Indian worker

The Federal Circuit and Family Court has imposed the penalty against Bhangu Pty Ltd, which operates a business trading as Rehaan Automotive Care, based in Archerfield.
INNOVATION

Former café operators fined $192k for deliberately falsifying wage records

Fair Work Ombudsman Sandra Parker said employers who use false records to try to frustrate an investigation into underpayment allegations will face serious consequences.
INNOVATION

More than 90,000 anonymous tip-offs help Fair Work expose workplace breaches

The FWO has received more than 90,000 anonymous tip-offs since it launched its Anonymous Report tool in 2016, with almost 13,000 in 2021-22.
INNOVATION

Australian company faces court for underpaying Indian IT workers

The workers included a software engineer, a software developer, a user experience designer and a user interface/user experience designer.
INNOVATION

Canberra carpenter takes builder to court for not getting entitlements owed

The worker is allegedly owed payment-in-lieu-of-notice of termination and redundancy entitlements.
INNOVATION

Former Pizza Hut franchisee in court for not paying annual leave entitlements

The regulator investigated after receiving requests for assistance from two workers IFITS Food Co employed at the outlet in part-time roles between March 2020 to October 2021.
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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.
SPORTS

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.
NEWS

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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