Ebony-Maria Levy, Wednesday, 27th June 2018 - Ebony-Maria Levy explores how charities at the apex of fundraising supply chains can discharge their obligations under Australian workplace laws to ensure fundraisers are lawfully…
Ebony-Maria Levy, Monday, 19th June 2017 - Charities may outsource their fundraising, but they cannot outsource responsibility for compliance with workplace laws, writes Ebony-Maria Levy.
When fundraising activity…
Ellie Cooper, Monday, 14th November 2016 - A fundraising company and its director were penalised a total of $124,000 for underpaying a backpacker working as a charity collector in Sydney.Australian Sales and Promotions …
Paul Tavatgis, Thursday, 13th October 2016 - Face-to-face fundraising is vital to changing the lives of many Australians in need, writes Paul Tavatgis, CEO of the Public Fundraising Regulatory Association.Myths and misconceptions…
Ellie Cooper, Thursday, 6th October 2016 - Concerns that young charity collectors – “chuggers” – are being exploited has sparked an investigation into the practices of some major Australian charities. The Fair Work Ombudsman,…
Lina Caneva, Monday, 2nd May 2016 - The Fair Work Ombudsman website, which offers courses in workplace skills and strategies, has won a prestigious international online design award. The Agency’s Online Learning…
Staff Reporter, Monday, 1st February 2016 -
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has promised to crack down on “unscrupulous employers” who exploit workers.
Shorten said if Labor was elected to government it would introduce harsher…
Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 20th October 2015 -
The Fair Work Ombudsman is taking legal action against an employer that allegedly exploited a vulnerable asylum seeker who had earlier been released from detention.
The Agency has…
Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 23rd February 2015 -
Almost 11,000 Australian workers have been back-paid more than $16 million following mediation, according to the Fair Work Ombudsman.
The Ombudsman said that over the last two years…
Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 20th October 2014 -
The Fair Work Ombudsman has cracked down on employers in a South Australian community, after an investigation found one quarter of them had been underpaying their staff.
The findings…