Posts tagged "systemic wage theft"

Businesses found to have severely underpaid workers could face fines in excess of $4 million, according to a plan floated by the federal government as it coordinates its next slate of industrial relations reforms.

What started as a few underpayment cases revealed by the Australian media in 2015 has turned into an epidemic of wage theft.

The Vic government’s decision to introduce a ‘wage watchdog’, in addition to the existing Fair Work Ombudsman, is poorly-timed.

The Federal Court has sought to make an example of Hero Sushi outlets caught underpaying workers more than $700,000 in 2016, imposing record penalties.