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Judge hits "defiant, sarcastic" employer with maximum fine

A Federal Circuit and Family Court judge has overlooked the FWO's call to impose a 85% penalty on a pugnacious employer, finding its refusal to engage with underpayment claims instead justified a maximum $41,250 fine, after he last week called for urgent law reform to combat repeated non-compliance.

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