The Abbott government has confirmed a change to penalty rates or the minimum wage is not on the table, even if the Productivity Commission�…
The Abbott government has confirmed a change to penalty rates or the minimum wage is not on the table, even if the Productivity Commission�…
Nearly 15,500 Australian workers were underpaid more than $23 million last year, as small business advocates say the majority of SMEs are pa…
Since the 1980s, Australia, like many industrialised countries, has experienced rising inequality and growing concentration of income, wealt…
A push by unions to guarantee the right of workers to return to work part-time or on reduced hours after taking parental leave will “immed…
The largest review of Australia’s workplace relations system in 30 years is well and truly underway, with the Productivity Commission yest…
Backpackers are working in Australia on 417 work visas A Tasmanian small business owner has hit back at the Fair Work Ombudsman after it sta…
SMEs may be granted greater flexibility to employ workers on a contractual basis if the government moves forward with a plan to relax workpl…
The Fair Work Commission has rejected an appeal by a former fastening manufacturer employee over her unfair dismissal case, finding the empl…
The Productivity Commission has been given less than 12 months to conduct its far-reaching inquiry into Australia’s workplace relations sy…
Confectionery company Darrell Lea has lost an appeal against a Fair Work Commission decision that found the company should pay redundancy pa…
The Abbott government will soon ask the Productivity Commission to review the Fair Work system. In parallel with that review, we need a more…
The Fair Work Ombudsman has won a Federal Circuit Court case in Melbourne, with a judge imposing almost $40,000 in penalties against a cloth…
