How businesses can better combat Australia’s wage theft epidemic

Wage theft has been a big issue affecting workers across multiple industries throughout Australia, enacting new laws...

13 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Law firms must clean up their payroll systems to avoid deliberate wage theft

With the new wage theft laws coming into place, it’s imperative that law firms get their payroll systems in line as...

22 January 2025

By Grace Robbie

Unpaid overtime class action sees $31.5m settlement for junior doctors

The largest-ever wages underpayment class action settlement in the ACT has been reached, with junior doctors in the...

19 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Fast settlement considered for stolen wages class action

Despite the slow-moving nature of settlement payouts, the Federal Court was told of a plan to rapidly inform members of...

10 September 2024

By Naomi Neilson

$202m secured for Indigenous workers whose wages were stolen

A settlement has been reached between the Commonwealth and thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples...

09 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Increased wage theft resulting in skyrocketing legal aid requests

The demand for legal advice regarding wage and entitlement issues has increased significantly, Legal Aid NSW says,...

29 May 2024

By Grace Robbie

Doctors in wage theft class action secure win

Junior doctors have been dealt a win as the Federal Court of Australia has ruled in favour of them in a lawsuit against...

22 August 2023

By Lauren Croft

McDonald’s hit with $250m wage theft claim

McDonald’s has been served with a whopping wage theft claim from hundreds of thousands of employees who were...

12 August 2022

By Lauren Croft