Ripped-off workers have been compensated more than $40 million in stolen or lost wages recovered by the Fair Work Ombudsman over the past year.More than half the Fair Work Ombudsman's legal actions involved the fast food, restaurant and cafe sector
$40 million was repaid to workers, with celebrity chef George Calobaris's restaurant chain accounting for $8 million of the total The highest recovery in the workplace regulator's history comes after the resolution of 29,000 workplace disputes, 17.8 million visits to the ombudsman website and 380,000 calls from employees questioning irregularities in their pay and conditions.
& when will there be a Royal Commission?
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Why a pro-business government doesn’t heavily fine cheaters is hard to understand. The effect of wage cheating is to have an unfair advantage over your competitor who is paying more in taxes. It’s a lose lose for government and supporters to not penalise cheaters. Just dumb.
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