New online course will help employers understand FWO compliance notices

The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has released a new free online training course to help employers and their representatives understand how to respond if they receive a compliance notice.

The course helps businesses by providing:

• information about compliance notices and why they are issued
• step-by-step guidance for responding to a compliance notice
• video scenarios and real-life case studies about the consequences of ignoring a compliance notice
• activities to step you through how to calculate an underpayment and make back-payments
• links to free calculators and resources to help you meet the requirements of a compliance notice and prevent future workplace problems
• tips to help you avoid common compliance mistakes in your workplace.

The Compliance notices course is available now, along with other courses tailored to businesses via its Online Learning Centre.