Business Generic Index

Mahjong club ordered to pay more than $415,000 compensation to tea attendant

Anna Patty A mahjong club has been ordered to pay more than $415,000 in damages after reducing a full-time worker's hours to part-time after he made a workers' compensation claim.

Businesses recruited to improve gender equity

Anna Patty A new law will "shine a light on drivers of workplace discrimination" in companies with 100 or more employees.

Public servant gets job back after being sacked for social media friendly fire

Anna Patty A public servant recognised as a good worker has been reinstated after being sacked for critical comments he made about his government department on social media.

Unions call for $30 increase in weekly minimum wage

Anna Patty National unions have asked for a pay increase three times more than the retail industry says it can afford.

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Where future jobs will be - and where they won't

Anna Patty Joanna was a receptionist who loved the company so much she bought it. Now her skills are in high demand. Here's where you'll find the the future-proof jobs.

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CFMEU allegedly threatened to 'smash' contractor jobs

Anna Patty Thirteen officials from the militant construction union including NSW CFMEU boss Brian Parker are facing court for trying to force building contractors who refused to sign their enterprise agreement.

Workers paid as little as $10 an hour get their money back

Anna Patty The Fair work Ombudsman has uncovered workers being paid as little as $10 an hour.

Paramedics threaten to ban patient billing in response to pay issues

Anna Patty and Harriet Alexander NSW paramedics who have been underpaid hundreds of dollars a week because of ongoing payroll problems are threatening to strike.

Youth unemployment: The Sydney hot spots

Anna Patty Some of Sydney's more affluent areas have among the highest rates of youth unemployment.

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Toll Holdings worker sacked for Islam and Taliban taunts gets his job back

Anna Patty A worker who allegedly taunted an Afghan colleague about Islam and the Taliban has been reinstated to his job in Sydney after being sacked last year.

Hospital cleaning contract taken out of private hands

Anna Patty The controversial privatisation of so-called "hotel services" at Royal North Shore Hospital has ended with NSW Health reclaiming operation of the service.

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Women's refuges uncontactable after-hours: survey

Anna Patty More than a third of women's refuges in NSW are not contactable after-hours, a survey of NSW services has found.

Stress-related absence from work on the rise

Anna Patty Stress-related absence from work is on the rise, corporate psychologists have warned.

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More women on boards would reduce gender equity gap

Anna Patty The average top-tier female manager earns a staggering amount less than her male counterpart.

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More women on boards would reduce gender equity gap

Anna Patty The average top-tier female manager earns a staggering amount less than her male counterpart.

Chinese and Taiwanese mushroom pickers shortchanged $92,000

Anna Patty A Hunter Valley mushroom farm outsourced its labour hire, leaving dozens of workers underpaid.

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Top hotels step in to help unemployed youth develop skills, find jobs

Anna Patty A groundbreaking course is finding jobs for unemployed young people.

Dick Smith kicks off fire sale

Patrick Hatch, Melanie Beeby, Tim Binsted, Anna Patty Australia's oldest electronics retailer has kicked off a stock liquidation sale at stores across Australia and New Zealand as its operations are wound up over the next eight weeks.

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Tomorrow's digital workforce: traditional office to become thing of the past

Anna Patty Shared office spaces will double in number and the traditional office will become a thing of the past as workers become more mobile and independent, a report predicts.

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