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Anna Patty
Anna Patty is Workplace Editor for The Sydney Morning Herald. She is a former State Political Reporter and Education Editor.
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7-Eleven store cops record penalty for exploitation of workers
Anna Patty A record $400,000-plus penalty has been imposed on the operator of a 7-Eleven store that systematically exploited its workers.
Sydney sandwich outlets allegedly underpaid workers $108,000 and fabricated records
Anna Patty A Sydney fast-food outlet allegedly fabricated employment records and underpaid 11 Korean workers more than $108,000.
Microsoft plans to acquire LinkedIn for $US26.2 billion
Anna Patty, Workplace Editor Microsoft plans to acquire the world's largest professional network, LinkedIn, for $26.2 billion, inclusive of the company's net cash.
Worker co-ops may be the solution to pitfalls of the sharing economy
Anna Patty Workers are being urged to form co-operatives they collectively own to protect their entitlements and to out-do Uber and Airtasker at their own game.
Gen Y and millennial 'myths' busted by University of Sydney research
Anna Patty Workplace Editor As a 26-year-old working in the advertising industry, Rob Webb does not identify with the stereotypes associated with Generation Y and his fellow millennials.
Career
LinkedIn 's golden rules for making the most of your professional network
Anna Patty It's not Facebook, and the rules are different on LinkedIn.
How healthy is your workplace?
Anna Patty, Workplace Editor When James Karki finally found a job working for a restaurant for just $5 per hour, he felt like he was treated like a slave.
Fee rise for new property owners ahead of land titles office privatisation
Anna Patty Workplace Editor New property owners will pay 25 per cent extra to register land and property as the NSW government prepares the public asset for sale.
Fears privatisation of state assets will escape scrutiny if ICAC is diminished
Anna Patty A state budget cut that will force the state corruption watchdog to shed 15 per cent of its staff will create "open slather" for big business
NSW government has made little progress in helping injured workers return to work: study
Anna Patty A new report suggests the state government has made little progress in delivering its 2012 promise to help injured workers return to work.
Cosmetic surgery patient safety to be regulated for the first time in NSW
Anna Patty Safety standards for cosmetic surgery patients will be radically improved with the billion dollar industry set to be regulated for the first time.
Company fined $272,850 for disguising employees as unpaid interns
Anna Patty Workplace Editor Cleaning the office, organising events: Media company made Chinese student work 180 hours over four months for no pay, calling it an internship.
The jobs that give you the best chance of getting a salary increase
Anna Patty, Workplace Editor There are only a few sectors where bosses expect to up the pay of employees.
Where to expect growth in salaries
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Anna Patty Finding a decent pay rise is going to be a tough ask for most Australian workers in the coming year, a survey of employers has found.
First safety code to regulate the horse-riding industry
Anna Patty Workplace Editor Sarah Waugh was 18 when she fell to her death from a thoroughbred racing horse that bolted during a jillaroo course in 2009.
Sacked for having a cup of coffee on the job
Anna Patty Workplace Editor A cleaner was sacked from his job because he had a cup of coffee at work.
Call for working hours to be capped in Australia to improve gender balance
Anna Patty Workplace Editor Working hours should be more effectively capped at 38 hours a week to make it easier for men to share the caring load in the family home and for women to participate in paid work.
Untapping skills and talent through new internships for refugees
Anna Patty As a refugee from Syria looking for work in Australia, Nirary Dacho is neither illiterate nor innumerate.
Workplace
Women leaders urged against pulling up the ladder after they climb
Anna Patty Workplace Editor Female career climbers have been urged to leave the ladder down instead of pulling it behind them after they reach the top.
