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.
Employers' underpayment self-disclosures are becoming a routine occurrence in the media, but their causes and circumstances are far more nuanced than many reports suggest. Watch this webcast to understand where underpayment risks are most likely to arise and which steps help prevent them.
Payroll audits have had their day in identifying potential underpayments, and it's time for employers to embrace analytics, says former Fair Work Ombudsman Natalie James.
Westpac has entered into an enforceable undertaking and is backpaying employees $6 million after self-reporting that it had underpaid long service leave entitlements.
The Federal Court has found an employer threatened employees with repatriation to "intimidate them into silence", knowing they would put up with below-award rates and conditions.
Costly legal disputes continue to highlight the many risks employers face when managing, disciplining, or dismissing employees while they are absent, injured or incapacitated. Attend this webinar for an up-to-date review of the legal framework applying to workplace absenteeism, injury and incapacity, and lessons from recent case law.
