The Fair Work Ombudsman has announced that the operators of a Gold Coast restaurant have been fined a total of $84,500 after engaging in a campaign of "obfuscation" aimed at avoiding having to back-pay nine employees who had been underpaid almost $17,000. The Fair Work Ombudsman put the matter before [...]
The Fair Work Ombudsman has announced that the operator of a sushi bar paid her staff a "market rate" after doing a ring-around of her competitors to find out what they were paying their employees. Unfortunately for Sydney businesswoman Joo Young Ju, her flat rate of less than $16.50 an [...]
In David Cowan v Sargeant Transport Pty Ltd (U2014/5703), a delivery driver made an unfair dismissal claim when his employment was terminated for misconduct. The incident was captured on CCTV when the employee was making a delivery. The employee arrived at the client's gate, pressed the intercom button and then [...]
In the recent decision of Georgios Adalopoulos v CMC International Pty Ltd (U2013/8792) the applicant made an application with the Fair Work Commission for an unfair dismissal remedy. The respondent made the following jurisdictional objections to the application: the applicant was working as a contractor, not an employee; the applicant [...]
The decision by the Fair Wok Commission in Jade Urand v Beaconsfield Children’s Hub (U2013/2754) concerned an employee that the employer submitted had resigned from her position. However, the Commission held that the employee was constructively dismissed because: the employer had reduced the employee's shifts and pay from four to [...]
The recent decision by the Fair Work Commission in Leanne Didcock v Kim Bainbridge Legal Services P/L (U2013/2713) dealt with an employer's application for relief from unfair dismissal. The employee's employment was terminated because of her behaviour towards other staff, including telling another staff member to "piss off" and giving [...]
In the recent decision in Cronin v Choice Homes (Qld) Pty Ltd (U2013/1615), the Fair Work Commission found that an employee had been unfairly dismissed by his employer. An email was sent to all the company's staff congratulating the Chief Executive Officer for his 20 years of involvement with the [...]
The Breadtop bakery franchise has entered into a Proactive Compliance Deed with the Fair Work Ombudsman. The Fair Work Ombudsman had previously received a small number of complaints from employees who believed that they were being underpaid. Under the Deed, Breadtop committed to ensure its compliance with workplace laws and [...]
In the case of Alexander v Cappello & Anor [2013] FCCA 860, a female employee claimed that she was sexually harassed by a male employee, and she was subsequently dismissed after reporting the harassment to the person she understood to be her employer. The Federal Circuit Court of Australia had [...]
In the recent decision by the Fair Work Commission in Mr Domenic Gugliandolo v LTG Goldrock Pty Ltd [2013] FWC 7903, the Applicant's employment was terminated by the employer Respondent on the basis that the Applicant had failed to trade profitably. This requirement was included in the contract of employment, [...]