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Hospitality recruitment app Supp calls gig-workers contractors. Some users say it leads to casual work without entitlements

Exclusive: Workers’ rights experts raise ‘alarm bells’ over app requiring ABNs for jobs they say lack worker autonomy

The Guardian - AU

Underpaid miners receive $500,000 backpay

Peabody Energy Australia has signed an enforceable undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman.

Newcastle Herald

'Underpaid, overworked' managers sue Rebel Sports

Rebel Sport has been hit by a class action by frustrated managers claiming they were made to work for free and were not paid the necessary penalty rates.

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Coles, Woolies staff stuck in mass underpayment case

A major supermarket failed to keep proper shift records and docked employees' pay for branded clothing, but four major underpayment lawsuits remain in limbo.

AAP

Rogue providers run rife in disability support sector

A federal investigation into the largely unregistered disability support sector has been welcomed by the industry and union who each tell of countless breaches.

AAP

Almost half of young workers expected to work unpaid overtime, while a quarter aren’t paid compulsory super

A young person gets a job, excited to earn their first paycheck. Over time, they realise the hours are long and the payslips small. They are told to stay back to clean up after closing, but never receive overtime. They feel exploited, but what can they do?

The Conversation

Fair Work takes former union boss John Setka to court

The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched legal proceedings against former union boss John Setka and the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union.

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Watchdog takes legal action against CFMEU and official

The Fair Work Ombudsman is taking legal action against the CFMEU and one of its officials for alleged unlawful conduct at a Perth construction site.

AAP

Bulk of CFMEU probe evidence relates to coercion

Dozens of incidents within the embattled CFMEU are being investigated after it was placed into administration following criminal allegations.

AAP

John Setka’s appearances at Victorian project sites referred to police, Jacinta Allan says

Premier says former Victorian CFMEU boss attended a government hospital project and a Metro Tunnel site this week

The Guardian - AU

CFMEU legal luck questioned as blue-collar anger boils

More than 50,000 angry protesters rallied against the construction union being put into administration but its chance of winning a legal fight is questionable.

AAP

Record fine for sushi chain's 'audacious' worker rorts

AAP

Migrant workers have long been too scared to report employer misconduct. A new visa could change this

Migrant worker exploitation is entrenched in workplaces across Australia. Tragically, a deep fear of immigration consequences means most unlawful employer conduct goes unreported.

The Conversation

'Living in fear': Huge penalty for wage theft, 'shocking cases of exploitation'

The Canberra business underpaid staff by nearly a million dollars.

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Swinburne casual staff underpaid almost $3 million

Casual staff at Swinburne University who were employed between 2017 to 2023 are owed almost $3 million in unpaid wages.

AAP

Uni admits not giving casual more work after claim

The Fair Work Ombudsman has taken the University of Melbourne to court, alleging it took adverse action against casuals who exercised a workplace right.

The Canberra Times

Million-dollar-plus penalty sought against massage parlour

Union wants more done to protect workers from 'wage theft'.

AAP

Almond grower underpaid staff by more than $500,000

Brownport Almonds failed to pay close to 200 workers correctly across a five-year period, an investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman has uncovered.

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Newcastle Herald

Watchdog backs off court action with Honeysuckle day care

The day care had always disputed the allegations.

The New Daily

Crown pays out $1.2m in missing worker entitlements

Crown has paid $1.2 million to almost 200 workers who were employed at its Melbourne and Perth casinos over a six-year period.

The Conversation

Labor plans to stamp out the exploitation of migrant workers, but it won’t succeed until we treat it like tax avoidance

The exploitation of migrants is widespread in Australia. Our recent report for the Grattan Institute, Short-changed, found that as many as one in six migrant workers are paid less than the national minimum wage, which is meant to be the least a worker in Australia can be paid.

ABC News

Fair Work accuses Woolworths and Coles of setting up 'foreign' pay system to underpay workers

The Fair Work Ombudsman tells the Federal Court that Coles and Woolworths have to pay for allegedly ripping off store workers via an illicit salary system.

The New Daily

Coles and Woolworths set up ‘foreign’ pay system

The Fair Work Ombudsman has told the Federal Court that Coles and Woolworths have to pay for allegedly ripping off store workers via an illicit salary system.

ABC News

University staff strike over insecure work as 'anger and discontent' builds on campus

University tutors who say they cannot plan for their futures are among the thousands of university staff to walk off the job as part of a national week of action against insecure work and wage theft.

Newcastle Herald

'I am unable to pull money from the air': Hunter business fined $11,000

The Fair Work Ombudsman investigated after the worker sought help.

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