LHA statement on construction review
The Victorian Government has announced that LHA's regulatory powers will be strengthened to further address unlawful behaviour in the construction industry.
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Media Release: Labour hire company and director fined $287,500 for failing to comply with licence obligations
The Supreme Court of Victoria has issued penalties totalling $287,500 to a horticulture company and its director, following legal action by LHA.
Media release: Labour hire company penalised over unlawful changes in director
The Supreme Court of Victoria has imposed penalties totalling $220,104.96 on a Victorian labour hire company operating in the horticulture industry, following legal action by the Labour Hire Authority.
Media Release: Record penalty issued to construction companies and directors in Victorian labour hire case
A total of $759,674 in penalties has been issued to five construction companies and three company directors for their involvement in unlicensed labour hire operations in Victoria.
Media Release: Victorian company and director fined for sub-contracting to unlicensed labour hire providers
A total penalty of $264,352 has been issued to a Victorian company and its director for engaging seven unlicensed labour hire providers to source workers for orchards in the Cobram area.
Media Release: Record fine for Victorian labour hire company in Supreme Court decision
An unlicensed labour hire company has been issued a total penalty of $617,916 – the highest in Australian history for breaches of labour hire law.
Media Release: Victorian labour hire company undertakes in Supreme Court not to operate unlicensed
LHA alleges the company provided unlicensed labour hire services, and underpaid and provided substandard accommodation to workers picking grapes and chestnuts in the Benalla region.
Media Release: Labour hire company faces Supreme Court action over allegedly unlawful changes in directors
LHA has commenced legal action in the Supreme Court of Victoria against a company that allegedly provided workers to farms in the Yarra Valley and Koo Wee Rup.
Media Release: Legal action taken against Victorian company for allegedly using unlicensed labour hire providers
LHA alleges a horticulture provider subcontracted to seven unlicensed providers to supply pickers for orchards in the Cobram area.
Media Release: Victorian labour hire company faces court for alleged unlicensed operation
Victoria’s Labour Hire Authority has commenced legal action against a company alleging it provided workers to pick fruit and vegetables without a labour hire licence.
Labour hire company pays high price for dishonesty
A Victorian company and its director have been fined a total of $483,428.40 – the highest combined penalty in Australian history for contraventions of labour hire law – following a successful prosecution by the Labour Hire Authority (LHA).
Media Release: Labour hire provider agrees to refund workers for sub-standard accommodation
The LHA has imposed licence conditions on labour hire provider MADEC Australia to review and improve the standard of accommodation it procures for labour hire workers.
Media Release: Dishonest drug trafficker’s second attempt at labour hire licence thwarted
The Labour Hire Authority (LHA) has cancelled the labour hire licence of a horticulture provider after a known drug trafficker - who was previously refused a labour hire licence in Victoria - became a director of the company.
Media Release: Helping horticulture businesses have a safe harvest
Yarra Valley growers are being given the opportunity to refresh their knowledge on workplace health and safety as their harvest season moves into full swing.
Media Release: Licence conditions imposed on labour hire provider for making workers pay for safety equipment
Labour hire providers are now on notice that requiring workers or job applicants to pay for required personal safety equipment may result in sanctions, including licence application refusal, licence renewal refusal, licence conditions or licence cancellation.
Media Release: Safety a focus of farm visits
WorkSafe, Department of Justice and Community Safety and the Labour Hire Authority visited 38 horticulture businesses in the Koo Wee Rup, Lang Lang and Cardinia regions after an online farm safety webinar in October.