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Disability Services Australia signs Enforceable Undertaking
Disability Services Australia (DSA) has entered into an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) with the Fair Work Ombudsman and is back-paying employees more than $1.6 million.
The not-for-profit organisation, which provides services to disabled clients throughout NSW and operates a packaging factory at Mascot in Sydney, self-reported underpayments to the FWO in 2019.
After being prompted by an employee query, DSA became aware employees at the Mascot site were being provided with gift vouchers in lieu of overtime payments on Sundays, in contravention of workplace laws.
DSA subsequently commissioned an independent investigation of its compliance with workplace relations laws, which identified a range of non-compliance issues affecting supervisors and production staff at the Mascot site and workers in disability support and caring roles located at various locations throughout Sydney and in regional locations such as the H