The Latest Breaking News from the Fair Work Ombudsman

Dozens of incidents within the embattled CFMEU are being investigated after it was placed into administration following criminal allegations.

Premier says former Victorian CFMEU boss attended a government hospital project and a Metro Tunnel site this week

Casual staff at Swinburne University who were employed between 2017 to 2023 are owed almost $3 million in unpaid wages.

The Fair Work Ombudsman has taken the University of Melbourne to court, alleging it took adverse action against casuals who exercised a workplace right.

Union wants more done to protect workers from 'wage theft'.

Brownport Almonds failed to pay close to 200 workers correctly across a five-year period, an investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman has uncovered.

The day care had always disputed the allegations.

Crown has paid $1.2 million to almost 200 workers who were employed at its Melbourne and Perth casinos over a six-year period.

The exploitation of migrants is widespread in Australia. Our recent report for the Grattan Institute, Short-changed, found that as many as one in six migrant workers are paid less than the national minimum wage, which is meant to be the least a worker in Australia can be paid.