Spotlight on employment law compliance: IT Professionals

The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) is the Commonwealth Regulator that promotes and enforces minimum wages and conditions for employees.

While it is imperative for employers to ensure they are compliant with the current minimum wages and entitlements for their employees, it is also beneficial to keep up to date with the industries that the FWO is targeting.

IT professionals

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the FWO focuses much of its resources on industries in which many workers are typically paid minimum award wages. Indeed, the FWO's current national campaigns target the industries of hospitality, retail, and fruit and vegetable picking.

However, recent announcements by FWO indicate that employers of professionals such as IT specialists are certainly not immune to FWO's spotlight.