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No hibernation for the Fair Work Ombudsman: Record penalties secured for wage non-compliance

By Lindsay Carroll | 09/06/2020 |

A close up of a referee's face as he blows a metal whistle with his left hand. The referee is wearing a black and white striped shirt and is standing on a grass sports field with a white goal post.

The pandemic hasn’t hindered the Fair Work Ombudsman’s (the FWO) efforts to investigate and prosecute wage non-compliance in the retail and fast food sectors. The FWO has recently secured record…

Ombudsman successful in significantly increasing directors’ penalties

By Lindsay Carroll | 20/08/2019

A photo showing the hands of two people standing opposite each other from one person's point of view. The person standing opposite is handing two one hundred Australian dollar notes with their right hand, and holding a stack of one hundred and fifty Australian dollar notes in their left hand.

In the current enforcement climate, it is valuable to note a recent case in which the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) was successful in obtaining an increase of fines on appeal…