Cleaning Accountability Framework marks a decade

Ombudsman says the achievements of CAF in building a culture of compliance could be a best practice model in workplace relations for other industries.
Australian workers back-paid $500 million

Fair Work Ombudsman recovered $509 million for 251,475 underpaid workers in 2022-23.
$375,000 in penalties for worker underpayments at waste management facilities

Fair Work Ombudsman secures penalties after five workers underpaid almost $200,000 at waste management facilities in Melbourne.
FWO recovers half a billion dollars for workers

Recoveries sum is the second-largest annual figure in the national regulator’s history.