An employer that was recently fined $475k for "undoubtedly exploitative" underpayments is once again facing court, over allegations it should have known about its franchisees' Fair Work Act breaches.
The Federal Circuit Court has imposed maximum fines on an employer and its director after finding they made "unmeritorious" claims against a general manager "solely" to avoid paying her entitlements.
Consultation on the "more controversial parts" of the Albanese Government's proposed industrial relations changes will begin within days, with two tranches of legislation set to be introduced this year.
An employer has been fined after underpaying eight employees by $470k over 12 months, in breach of enforceable undertakings it had made only a year earlier.
The Fair Work Commission has slammed an employer for allowing an "archaic" enterprise agreement, which denied employees penalty rates, to operate for more than two decades.
In light of the federal election outcome, employers must now "buckle in" for some major shifts in industrial relations and other employment matters. Watch this webcast to understand what to expect.
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An employer and two directors have been fined $225,500 for underpaying an employee and then producing false documentation to the Fair Work Ombudsman in a "brazen" cover-up attempt.
