Posted by Romy Cayabyab
Employment, Filipinos Overseas
Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Marine building contractor McDermott Industries Australia has been cleared by the Workplace Ombudsman of allegations that it unlawfully underpaid foreign workers on a gas pipeline project 130 kilometres off the Western Australian coast at Karratha. The Workplace Ombudsman found no evidence to substantiate allegations made from the Australian Workers Union that up to 16 workers had not received their full entitlement.[...]
Posted by TFA News Research
Employment, Filipinos Overseas
Friday, August 15th, 2008
The national workplace watchdog has labelled as reprehensible the exploitation of three Filipinos recruited as nursing assistants in Sydney. The Workplace Ombudsman says the treatment of one male and two female 457 visa-holders was nothing short of shabby [...]
