One man has been fined $14,960 and another $9920 after a four-year long Fair Work Ombudsman case over deductions from staff wages was concluded.
In February 2014, the Ombudsman took Travice Blom, the former operator of labour hire company Oz Staff Career Services Pty Ltd, to court over $130,000 that was alleged to have been unlawfully deducted from cleaning staffs wages.
Last week Blom was fined $14,960 by the Federal Circuit Court. The companys human resources manager Alex Linossi was also fined $9920.
The conduct occurred between December 2011 and May 2013, with the court finding the company deducted fees unlawfully from the wages of 102 Melbourne-based cleaning staff. These deductions, …
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