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Sydney dental practice operator penalised
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a court-ordered penalty against a dental practice in Campbelltown, Sydney.
The Federal Circuit Court has imposed a $6,000 penalty against Available Dental Care Pty Ltd and $1,400 against Doctor Seyed Shahabeddin Lajevardi, also known as Shaun Lajevardi, the company’s director.
The penalties were imposed in response to Dr Lajevardi breaching the Fair Work Act by failing to comply with a Compliance Notice requiring him to calculate and back-pay entitlements owing to three workers.
The affected workers were two dental assistants and a 19-year-old receptionist, all employed on a part-time basis.
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Subscriber only Veteran miner Peter Guinea and his fellow teammates have been called into a meeting with the site superintendent during the COVID-19 lockdown. He says the superintendent tells them they have crunched the numbers and there is going to be people laid off at the mine site, specifically, labour hire workers. It s June 2020 and they are given assurances that it probably won t happen for three months or so. Mr Guinea speaks up, asking the superintendent if fly-in-fly-out workers would be told they had lost their job before they flew home. This way they could collect their work boots and clothes before they left.
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Perth real estate agency in court
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action in the Federal Circuit Court against the operators of a real estate and business brokering company in Perth.
Facing court are Darrell Crouch & Associates Pty Ltd, based in Joondanna, and the company’s managing director, Darrell Crouch.
The regulator investigated the company after a former employee, who had been employed as a property manager, lodged a request for assistance.
A Fair Work Inspector issued a Compliance Notice to Darrell Crouch & Associates Pty Ltd in January 2021 after forming a belief the employee had not been paid his entitlement to payment in lieu of notice when his employment with the company ended in 2019.
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The international student from the Philippines lodged a request for assistance to the Fair Work Ombudsman, prompting the regulator to commence an investigation against the café operators in Sydney.
The cafe worker was allegedly owed minimum wages for seven days of work performed in July 2020, as well as penalty rates for weekend work under the Restaurant Industry Award 2010.
Prior to commencing legal action, the FWO made several attempts to secure voluntary compliance, in line with the regulator’s approach during the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to FWO, the company allegedly failed to comply with the Compliance Notice, without reasonable excuse. The café manager Diaa Mohammed was allegedly involved in the breach.
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Heâs the founder of the social enterprise that for two decades has fed the needy and pioneered a popular âpay-as-you-feelâ restaurant model based on ethical principles.
But Shanaka Fernando, the founder of Lentil As Anything, is now suspected of serious misconduct and mismanagement after he allegedly used the charity for personal financial gain, misused government grants and hired a friend as a âghostâ employee
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A confidential report into the charity by forensic accountants RSM, seen by
The Age, alleges that $11,279 of the registered charityâs money might have been improperly used on a range of Mr Fernandoâs private expenses including paying his electricity, water and gas bills, and travel.