Recovered back-pay also reached $453 million in the last financial year
Anonymous tip-offs to the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) reached a record high last year, according to the workplace regulator, as recovered funds for underpaid workers also went up.
The FWO's 2025-26 annual report showed a record 31,596 anonymous tip-offs, up 23% from the equivalent reports made in 2024-25.
Anonymous tip-offs can be made through the FWO's website. They allow Australians to flag potential wrongdoing by employers to the national workplace regulator.
"Anonymous reports help us identify emerging issues, detect patterns, and target education, engagement and compliance activities where they're needed most," said Fair Work Ombudsman Anna Booth, as she applauded the workplace participants.
Filing anonymous reports with the FWO will require the employer's name, its address, and the industry it is in, among other information. It does not, however, include the individual's or anyone else's tax file number.
Meanwhile, the FWO's annual report also showed that more than 181,000 workers received a total of $453 million in underpaid wages in the last financial year.
This is an increase of about $95 million from the year prior, and brings the total back-payments for Australian workers across the last six financial years to nearly $2.5 billion.
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