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Latest news from the Fair Work Ombudsman

30 Oct 2009

$25,000 back-pay for Riverland workers - Dozens of petrol station workers – most in the Riverland – have been back-paid thousands of dollars after the national pay protector found they had been inadvertently short-changed.

29 Oct 2009

Workplace Rights Week a highlight for national pay protector - A program which saw workplace inspectors take a lead role visiting schools, universities, shopping centres, businesses, industry and employer groups was a highlight of 2008-09, says Fair Work Ombudsman Nicholas Wilson.

28 Oct 2009

$320,000 back-pay for Central NSW workers - Dozens of underpaid workers in central NSW have been reimbursed more than $320,000 following investigations by the Fair Work Ombudsman.