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Most employers won’t be able to require staff to get COVID-19 vaccine
COVID-19 vaccinations will begin this week, but most employers won't be able to force staff to get the jab.
Spotless on the hook for redundancy entitlements after High Court declines special leave
The High Court will not hear cleaning services giant Spotless Group's challenge to a ruling that found it must pay redundancy entitlements to a group of workers it sacked.
Brisbane cafe fined for paying workers in food and drink
The Fair Work Ombudsman has won nearly $140,000 in penalties against a Brisbane cafe and its owners for paying workers partly in food and drink over the course of six months.
Lush pays back $4.4M to underpaid employees
The Australian arm of multinational cosmetics company Lush has back-paid over 3,000 employees more than $4 million and entered into a "stringent" enforceable undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman.
National Library to back pay staff $250,000 in agreement with FWO
Australia's largest library has entered into a "stringent" enforceable undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman after underpaying more than 100 employees to the tune of $250,000 in wages and super.
IBM, Western Power backpay staff more than $20M
The country's underpayments scandal has claimed two more victims -- international technology company IBM and Western Australian electricity provider Western Power, with the companies agreeing to back pay employees more than $20 million combined and saying "significant" additional back payments were still to come.
ABC owes casuals $12M in unpaid wages
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has agreed to pay 1,800 current and former casual staff $12 million in unpaid wages, following an investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman that found some workers were paid less than minimum wage.