s.545

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Case law 8 Sep

ASA Personnel penalised $34,048.95 over compliance notice it took nearly three years to satisfy

A Dandenong labour hire company and its sole director were penalised in the Federal Circuit and Family Court on 5 August 2026 over a Fair Work compliance notice. Thirteen workers, owed $236,100.97 for work in 2020, were repaid in full less than two months before…

[2026] FedCFamC2G 1526

Case law Federal Court

Software company and its sole director penalised over unmet compliance notice, with $24,053 still owed

Case law

Cleaning sole trader penalised $5,328 and $7,512 over two ignored compliance notices

Latest in s.545

Perth food court outlet ordered to pay $1,459.44 after a flat hourly rate failed to cover weekend and public holiday penalty rates

Case law WA Industrial Relations Commission · 16 Oct

Atlassian employee fails to halt performance management, as Federal Court flags the limits of an AI-generated meeting summary

Case law Federal Court · 14 Oct

Federal Court finds Chevron’s deduction of a $148.68 transport allowance during protected industrial action breached s 323

Case law Federal Court · 13 Oct

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Analysis 26 Oct

James Cook University v Ridd: the summary of principles used to interpret enterprise agreements

Analysis 9 Oct

Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union v Personnel Contracting Pty Ltd: who is an employee

Case law Federal Court · 9 Oct

Flinders Ports overturns $544 long service leave order as Full Court rules minimum call-out hours are not ‘hours worked’

Case law Federal Court · 5 Oct

ANZ defeats former trader’s whistleblower and adverse action claims but loses on deferred share clawback

Case law WA Industrial Relations Commission · 3 Oct

Kardan Australia ordered to pay $3,822 after cutting a remote estimator’s timesheet from 60 hours to 40