The Fair Work Ombudsman has revealed that a number of restaurants within the Noosa Council precinct are being investigated over possible wage thefts. (Photo: supplied)

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Hastings Street shakedown: Noosa restaurants in sights of wage theft inspectors

Sunshine Coast businesses, including high-end Noosa eateries, were being targeted with surprise inspections that were targeting wage theft.

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$100,000 wage theft case hits former operator of top city restaurants

The former operator of Cha Cha Char and Il Centro restaurants has been sued by the Fair Work Ombudsman over alleged wage theft.

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How Qld's biggest company underpaid 15,800 workers to the tune of $32 million

Suncorp has had to repay $32 million to about 15,800 of its staff it underpaid over an eight-year period.

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BHP confesses to a $430 million annual leave blunder

BHP has discovered a payroll blunder where it wrongly erased annual leave from 28,500 current and former workers worth $US280 million ($A430 million).

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It's criminal - so why are so many companies using wage theft to pad their profits?

Queensland is leading the way in the battle to tackle wage theft, but making the practice a criminal offence hasn’t necessarily made a big difference, writes David Fagan.