McDonald’s Australia facing $250 million Federal Court claim over unpaid rest breaks
Workers' union SDA is seeking backpay and compensation for more than 250,000 current and former staff of McDonald’s it claims have been systematically denied 10-minute rest breaks.
COSBOA says Labor’s jobs and skills summit is no “stunt” as Dutton, Littleproud split over attendance
The Opposition Leader publicly turned down an invitation to the Jobs Summit, claiming the summit would be compromised by government favouritism towards union policy suggestions.
One Nation says its proposed ‘equal pay for equal work’ bill wouldn’t put a “burden” on small businesses
The new Labor government may have an unlikely ally in One Nation as it pushes for legislation enshrining equal pay between full-time staff and casual labour hire workers.
Qantas admits it’s fallen short of customers’ expectations as executives asked to fill in as ground crew
"Overworked" outsourced ground crew at Qantas and several other airlines could strike next month over a new agreement they claim would see pay cuts doled out to experienced workers.
Labor to target businesses over pay deals “rort” as Jobs and Skills Summit looms
The shape of Australia's looming Jobs and Skills Summit is becoming clearer, as senior federal government ministers tout the end of one-sided enterprise agreement terminations and a new kind of digital skills apprenticeship as leading items on the agenda.
Unions are pushing to enshrine working from home as a right. Could this actually happen?
What does it mean to have a right to work from home, and why should there be one? And what conditions are needed to make such a right effective?
Qantas, Etihad and more could be hit with airport staff strikes as baggage handlers mull industrial action
Baggage handlers at Australia's east coast airports have had enough, with the Transport Workers' Union looking at industrial action.
Gig economy: Workers and customers are exiting the sector. How can we make it better?
Five years of research reveals an industry facing pushback from both workers and customers, with many workers seeking to leave the gig economy.
Will Albanese’s jobs summit be genuinely useful, or a futile talkfest?
Bob Hawke popularised the political summit in 1983, and Labor leaders ever since have tried to emulate it. But are they actually worthwhile?
Small business groups put migration, skills, and IR reform on the agenda of landmark employment summit
On September 1-2, the Albanese government will make good on its election pledge to meet with business groups, union representatives, and social service advocates to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing the Australian economy.
Equal pay and opportunities for women to be a priority at Albanese’s September job summit
Ensuring equal opportunities and pay for women is one of the wide range of topics laid down for the federal government’s jobs summit.
Landmark EBA for staff at Sydney bookstore a “one off” unlikely to catch on elsewhere: Peter Strong
Staff and management at Sydney's Better Read Than Dead have entered a landmark agreement brokered by the RAFFWU.
