Employment Advisors

07/07/2022

Collaery, a former ACT attorney-general, faced the prospect of jail and his trial date had been set for October 24 after years of delays.

07/04/2022

The five-star Shangri-La Hotel has admitted underpaying 199 workers more than $3 million.

The five-star Shangri-La Hotel has admitted underpaying 199 workers more than $3 million and has entered into an Enforceable Undertaking.

06/04/2022

The DESPICABLE TRUTH: 7-Eleven's business model was "a lemon" that relied on wage theft to be successful.

Convenience store giant 7-Eleven is set to pay out almost $100 million, after being hit with a class action by Australian franchisees who alleged the company's business model was "a lemon" that was built on wage theft.

06/04/2022

Should courts award penalties for wage theft to the worker - or order they be paid to the Crown?

Wage theft penalties should go to the worker, and not the crown, employment law expert Miles Heffernan argued during a recent inquiry.

04/04/2022

Do taxpayers deserve to know how much the Commonwealth paid three victims of serial s*x pest Justice Dyson Heydon?
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Three of Heydon’s former associates received a payout from the Commonwealth for s*xual harassment they suffered, but the government doesn’t want taxpayers to know how much they were paid.

02/04/2022

All workers should check they are not being paid under an expired Enterprise Agreement - otherwise known as "Zombie Agreements".

When international student Carla asked why she hadn't been paid, she was sacked. A parliamentary committee says wage theft in Australia is widespread.

30/03/2022

A worker sacked for posting a picture of former NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian with a Hi**er moustache has been awarded compensation.

A government worker sacked for sharing a picture of NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian with a Hi**er moustache has been awarded compensation.

30/03/2022

An airport baggage service company is facing court action after allegedly underpaying a driver.

An airport baggage service company is facing court action after allegedly underpaying a driver in addition to ignoring a Compliance Notice..

28/03/2022

Greedy employers should face jail sentences for deliberate or reckless wage theft.

Three greedy pharmacy operators have been penalised $45,000 for stealing 93 weeks of wages from a migrant worker.

23/03/2022

A new survey has revealed one in six students had been s*xually harassed since beginning university and one in 12 had been s*xually harassed in the past 12 months.
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The head of Universities Australia has apologised to victims of s*xual assault and harassment in university communities while releasing a damning report into the prevalence of the offences across the sector.

21/03/2022

Queensland now has the best wage theft laws in the country which make it easy for workers to recover their stolen wages.

Queensland has the best wage theft laws in the country, which allow workers to make claims in the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission.

21/03/2022

Religious organisations should not be permitted to discriminate against workers based on their s*xuality or gender identity - especially when they receive significant funding courtesy of the taxpayer.

Exclusive: Only last month, the school apologised to students over enrolment contracts that described homos*xuality as ‘immoral’