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[Australia] Record fine for sushi chain's 'audacious' employee underpayments [Australia] Record fine for sushi chain's 'audacious' employee underpayments

Sushi Bay group companies were ordered to pay fines totalling $13.7 million after it was revealed that workers were deliberately...
10 Sep 2024

[Australia] Details of employees' new right to disconnect [Australia] Details of employees' new right to disconnect

To combat this, from August 26, 2024, the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) has been amended to include a new employee right...
09 Sep 2024

[Australia] Migration changes remove employer ‘golden handcuffs’ [Australia] Migration changes remove employer ‘golden handcuffs’

They included changed conditions for several sponsored work visas to reduce temporary migrants’ dependency on a single employer sponsor.
30 Aug 2024

[Australia] $217,000 recovered for Cairns food outlet workers [Australia] $217,000 recovered for Cairns food outlet workers

Businesses were pinpointed for investigation based on FWO intelligence from a range of sources, including anonymous reports.
22 Aug 2024

[Canada] Union claims company owes workers $10m termination and severance pay [Canada] Union claims company owes workers $10m termination and severance pay

The union says the situation arose after the workers lost their jobs at the Wingham, Ontario, facility in July 2023.
22 Aug 2024

[Australia] Pushback against NSW Premier’s return to office order [Australia] Pushback against NSW Premier’s return to office order

On August 5, Chris Minns announced that working-from-home privileges introduced in 2019 would come to an end and all public...
22 Aug 2024