Posts tagged "penalty"

Criminal penalties for serious exploitation of migrant workers are on the way after the government accepted a recommendation to take action.

The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured its second major financial penalty of 2019, with a Melbourne Cafe being found to have underpaid 54 workers.

A Perth-based restaurant has been taken to court by the fair work ombudsman over allegations that it discriminated against a pregnant worker.

The ACMA has issued a record infringement notice, amid a crack down on non-compliance with the Do Not Call Register.

Touchpoint Media has been found to have "deliberately" underpaid 23 staff $305,780, in what a judge said was a "bitter and humiliating experience" for workers.

Pizza giant found to have underpaid 20 employees.

A Brisbane-based technology company has been slapped with a record fine by FWO for failing to repay a former employee who was unfairly dismissed.

"We hope the parliament will agree that higher penalties are badly and urgently needed to improve the behaviour of companies and protect consumers."

A group of domain name companies who scammed Australian small business owners out of a collective $2.3 million have been penalised by the Au…

The introduction of a so-called “Google tax” on large multinationals that are suspected of shifting profits to low-tax jurisdictions is …

A Sydney man has been charged with a number of copyright related offences after using a video camera to record a movie at a drive-in cinema….