Wage theft data for the 2024/25 financial year

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This FOI release from the Fair Work Ombudsman contains 12 pages of statistics on underpayment matters for the 2024-25 financial year, broken down by ANZSIC industry division and state or territory. It reports 14,972 requests for assistance relating to underpayments, 1,746 investigations completed, 1,220 businesses labelled non-compliant, and 119 self-reported companies with closed investigations. Recovered amounts total $353,839,643, paid across 201,884 payments to employees, with infringement notice penalties of $657,539. Litigation data shows 68 underpayment cases commenced, led by New South Wales (30) and Victoria (20), mostly in cafes and restaurants (14) and building construction (9). Court-ordered penalties for 46 underpayment decisions totalled $22,521,465.26, with cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services accounting for $16,064,114.70 of this. The release appears to be given in full.