Small businesses will be able to offer workers statutory employment contracts that combine elements of enterprise bargaining with individ…
Small businesses will be able to offer workers statutory employment contracts that combine elements of enterprise bargaining with individ…
The Productivity Commission has backed a cut in penalty rates on Sundays, a two-tier rate system and a restructure of the Fair Work Commi…
Franchises and small businesses have good reason to fear the unions coming after them in the wake of the controversy surrounding Grill’…
Unfair dismissal claims account for more than a third of disputes between employers and employees, according to data released on Tuesday …
A random audit at a fast food restaurant in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs uncovered some of its workers were being underpaid and in some …
Australia Post is at the centre of claims some principal contractors are underpaying their sub-contractors, and in some cases not being p…
An investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman published today reveals workers in restaurants, cafes and catering companies throughout Austr…
The Fair Work Commission has handed down a $16 per week increase to the minimum wage in its 2014-15 annual wage review despite lower growth …
A Bendigo petrol station is facing court for the second time in just over 12 months, after it failed to compensate a worker who it unfairly …
A bus mechanic, who quit his job then later thought better of the decision and withdrew his resignation, has been awarded $20,000 in compens…
Australia’s unfair dismissal laws have “morphed into a secret tax on businesses” as small businesses are increasingly forced to pay em…
Title image: A suburban Westpac Branch. A former Westpac bank manager has lost his unfair dismissal claim before the Fair Work Commission, w…
