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Fair Work Ombudsman Sandra Parker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 22, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Fair Work Ombudsman has recovered more than $40 million in underpaid wages to 18,000 employees during the past financial year.<\/p>\n

The FWO’s 2018-19 Annual Report also reveals that inspectors conducted more than 2800 workplace audits and resolved more than 29,000 workplace disputes between workers and businesses.<\/p>\n

The wages recovered were the highest in the regulator\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am extremely proud of the agency\u2019s work resolving employment disputes throughout the year, which has helped return wages to workers and kept employment relationships intact,\u201d Ombudsman Sandra Parker said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn line with our priorities, we will continue our important work educating employers and employees, targeting high-risk industries, protecting vulnerable workers and improving compliance across Australian workplaces in the year ahead.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe urge employers to actively check they are paying their staff correctly and access our free resources for help. We will take enforcement action against employers who break the law.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The FWO also secured more than $4.4 million in court-ordered penalties.<\/p>\n

More than 50 per cent of the litigations filed involved businesses in the fast food, restaurants and cafe sector.<\/p>\n

Inspectors also issued $479,900 in on-the-spot fines for pay slip and record-keeping breaches.<\/p>\n

Anonymous reports\u00a0to the FWO increased, with more than 16,000 reports received, which included more than 1200 reports made in languages other than English.<\/p>\n

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