Council of Small Business Australia chief executive Peter Strong says claims that some firms in the private sector are stopping workers from…
Council of Small Business Australia chief executive Peter Strong says claims that some firms in the private sector are stopping workers from…
Australian workers are at the top of the leaderboard when it comes to calling in sick to watch an international sporting event, according to…
The Fair Work Commission has given Australia’s largest rail freight operator the nod of approval after it dismissed an employee for taking…
More than 40% of Australian workers aged under 35 admit they have chucked a sickie in order to go on a brief holiday, according to a recent …
A Melbourne-based business is offering employees medical certificates for a day off work through an online GP consultation for just $29, but…
YOLO*: young workers are more likely to fake a sick day than other age groups, according to research from Melbourne University. Almost 40% o…
Employee absenteeism is estimated to cost the Australian economy $33 billion in lost productivity, according to this year’s Absence Manage…
Would you grant your employees unlimited annual leave? That’s just what Virgin founder and entrepreneurial superstar Richard Branson is tr…
The Fair Work Commission has awarded compensation to an employee of a Melbourne-based window business who was sacked while on sick leave and…
A Perth panel beating business which sacked a long-term employee to prevent him from taking sick leave after he was diagnosed with cancer ha…
A third of Australia’s workforce falls below the national productivity average – costing business more than $40 billion in wasted time, …
Businesses lost $30 billion due to employees taking an historic amount of sick leave in 2009-10, with the banking, finance, telco and public…
