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The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured $37,500 in penalties in court after a domestic worker and nanny in Sydney was underpaid by $93,235 in one year. The.
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Breakthru signs Enforceable Undertaking
Disability services provider Breakthru Pty Ltd is back-paying employees more than $2.7 million and has entered into an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) with the Fair Work Ombudsman.
The registered charity, which operates in NSW, Victoria and Queensland self-reported underpayments to the workplace regulator in March 2020.
During the process of negotiating a new enterprise agreement, Breakthru became aware that it had incorrectly classified a number of employees under the applicable awards and industrial agreements, resulting in an underpayment of base rates for those employees.
The error led to Breakthru underpaying employee entitlements under the applicable industrial agreements and the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 and the Labour Market Assistance Industry Award 2010.
Five mining union officials will face Federal Court over alleged abusive conduct at a Central Queensland mine. The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched legal action against the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union of Australia. The ombudsman alleged breaches of workplace laws occurred at the Oaky North underground coal mine, northwest of Emerald, between July 2017 and December 2017. It is alleged that the CFMMEU and each of the five officials contravened the Fair Work Act by engaging in, encouraging, inciting, directing or authorising abusive conduct that amounted to adverse action and coercion during an industrial dispute at the mine. During the dispute, CFMMEU members at the mine took protected industrial action, including stoppages of work, and in response, the mine operator locked members out of the mine.
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has recovered $389,982 in unpaid wages for 163 security guards following an investigation into 19 security businesses in.