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Underpaid miners receive $500,000 backpay

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

Newcastle Herald · Aug 6

No butts: case dismissed after Woolworths worker claims hurt feelings over plumber’s crack

Fair Work Commission deputy president Alan Colman rejects Victorian man’s case, warning there is no disincentive for speculative claims

The Guardian - AU · May 11

Westpac’s work-from-home complaint was a cultural miff that doesn’t resonate in today’s Australia

Women who manage to perform their jobs well while caring for children should get a bloody medal, not a trip to Fair Work

The Guardian - AU · Oct 27, 2025

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Sydney commuters get four-month reprieve from rail industrial action after Fair Work ruling

Rail union work stoppages to be suspended until 1 July as unions and state government try to strike pay deal

The Guardian - AU · Feb 19, 2025

Woolworths takes $50m hit as strike leads to empty shelves

The supermarket giant filed an urgent application with the Fair Work Commission to end industrial action blocking distribution centres

The Guardian - AU · Dec 3, 2024

Union boss trial may be halted due to criminal charges

The boss of the Health Workers Union has maintained the Fair Work Commission's case against her should be stayed because she may face criminal charges.

AAP · Nov 22, 2024

Virgin’s accessing of hotel CCTV after employee’s Grindr hookup raises privacy concerns, legal experts say

Cabin crew member’s sacking has been overturned by the Fair Work Commission but experts say case raises questions about workplace surveillance

The Guardian - AU · Sep 5, 2024

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You Could Soon Get A Legal Right To Work From Home Under New Rules From The Fair Work Commission

Get into your trackies cause Aussies could soon have a legal right to work from home if the Fair Work Commission approves proposal!

Pedestrian.tv · Aug 30, 2024

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

AAP · Aug 5, 2024

Fair Work nominates independent administrator to CFMEU amid criminal allegations against union

Commission proposes Mark Irving, of the Victorian bar, after allegations of criminal misconduct and bikie links against union’s construction arm

The Guardian - AU · Aug 2, 2024

Uber is cutting fares before Australia’s minimum gig work standards take effect, drivers say

Ride-hail giant is lowering the starting point for negotiations under the closing loopholes regime, one driver claims

The Guardian - AU · Jul 9, 2024

King takes aim at Liberals over preselection of women – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Mar 24, 2024

Fair Work blitz on underpaying Canberra and Queanbeyan eateries

Tip-offs about wage theft send inspectors in.

The Canberra Times · Feb 13, 2024

The National's podcast returns with Wellbeing Economy Secretary Neil Gray interview

THE National’s podcast is set to return this week with an exclusive interview with Wellbeing Economy, Fair Work and Energy Secretary Neil Gray.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 7, 2023

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The Guardian - AU · Aug 23, 2023

MP Rebekha Sharkie accused of ‘bullying’ former staffer in Fair Work case

Electorate office staffer argues in court that Centre Alliance MP took ‘adverse action’ by changing her work hours

The Guardian - AU · Aug 20, 2023

Victorian recycling company found to have systematically underpaid refugees and asylum seekers

Company formerly known as Polytrade fined more than $375,000 in the federal court

ABC News · May 25, 2023

NT public service workers union says pay deal has been struck with NT government

The union representing NT public sector workers says it has stuck a pay agreement with the government that will see workers receive two $2,000 lump sum bonuses, as well as at least a $2,000 pay rise months.

Newcastle Herald · May 23, 2023

Uni enterprise bargaining dispute lands in Fair Work Commission

Vice-chancellor Alex Zelinsky says university management has referred the matter to the commission.

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ABC News · Apr 28, 2023

Daylesford hotel and cafe operators accused of underpaying staff

The Daylesford couple allegedly underpaid 97 staff between 2017 and 2019.

ABC News · Apr 27, 2023

Fair Work investigation reveals underpayment of 333 Sydney hospitality workers

The Fair Work Ombudsman found one business had underpaid 18 casual and full-time workers $52,081.

The Guardian - AU · Mar 7, 2023

Sally Rugg’s bid to keep working for Monique Ryan dismissed by federal court

Judge says it would likely not be ‘tolerable’ for pair to work together until the beginning of Fair Work dismissal case

AAP · Jan 20, 2023

Super Retail allegedly underpaid workers

Super Retail Group allegedly underpaid workers by more than $1 million and is being taken to court by the Ombudsman for contraventions of the Fair Work Act.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 17, 2022

Unions claim victory as Svitzer lockdown stopped by Fair Work Commission

High drama as Fair Work Commission stops Svitzer tug lockout

ABC News · Oct 17, 2022

Hillsong Church denies misleading Australian charities investigators in whistleblower Fair Work case

Global megachurch Hillsong files its defence in Federal Court, denying allegations it unfairly suspended a whistleblower who complained about financial misconduct inside the organisation.

ABC News · Sep 28, 2022

Seqwater employee backpaid $380k, among nearly 800 staff underpaid by water authority

Nearly 800 employees of south-east Queensland's water supplier are underpaid by more than $7 million, with one employee owed $380k, with the final total yet to be established.

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