Facebook trawl for compo investigation 'illegal', claims lawyer
As a former senior police inspector investigating crime, Greg was devastated to be the subject of surveillance after he made an insurance claim for a workplace injury.
Workplace Relations
Why we need real-time performance management
There is a growing crowd who understand that the old formal stand-alone review system is not ideal.
Tax Office tries to 'crush' whistleblower with $88,000 legal bill
'I spend every day worrying about the ATO's next reprisal.'
It won't be so easy to become a real estate agent next year
The government has revealed its plan to make it harder to become a real estate agent, to the cheers of the property industry.
'I've employed a lot of those exploited people'
John Ibrahim knows the Caltex franchise business better than most. He also knows that underpayment of wages is getting worse.
Big corporates promise to give more work to female barristers
Big corporates Telstra, Woolworths, Westpac and 11 top-tier law firms have signed an agreement to hire more female barristers to improve gender equity in the profession.
The 10 jobs in Australia that are most misunderstood (by parents)
Australian parents are baffled by the work buzzwords and job titles used by their children.
50 Caltex stations under investigation
Oil giant Caltex is in damage control as it widened an internal investigation to include the Rana family, one of its largest franchisee groups.
Public service pay: unequal, unfair and 30 years out-of-date
Public service wage policy is a throwback to the 1980s, says a former APS commissioner.
'No validity' in CFMEU blackmail charges
Police charges laid against the leaders of Victoria's largest building union are "nonsense" and should be struck out immediately, a court has been told.
'Publicly shamed': $146,000 fine for exploiting workers
The master franchisor of the Yogurberry frozen yoghurt chain and associated companies have been fined $146,000 for the exploitation of four Korean workers at one of its Sydney outlets.
Tip-offs, intimidation in Caltex wage scandal
Oil giant Caltex tipped off its service station owners that they were about to be raided by the workplace regulator amid allegations of systemic wage fraud.
Fair Work gives dodgy operators an edge
Here we go again. This time it is oil giant Caltex embroiled in allegations of worker exploitation happening across a national franchise network of more than 650 stores.
Worker death toll likely to climb even higher in pre-Christmas rush
The number of Victorian workers killed so far this year has already outstripped the death toll for the whole of 2015, and new statistics suggest the worst is still to come.
Public service bosses score $6000 pay rise
A $6000-a-year pay rise for public service elite is a "sick joke", a union says.
Why haven't you taken all your leave this year?
It's a huge problem for Australian businesses. Will this start-up solve it?
Army leads the charge on ending antisocial culture
A decade of increasingly disturbing treatment of Australian military women presented the army with a stark choice.
'If you short-change employees ... you do so at your own peril'
A Sydney cleaning operator has been fined more than $11,000 for refusing to back-pay two international students who were underpaid about a quarter of that amount.
Where the jobs are and where they aren't
There is now only one job advertised for every six low-skilled job seekers who are increasingly excluded from the workforce, raising concerns about a growing number of Australians forced to live below the poverty line.
Read all about it
A new study confirms avid young readers become successful students.
Counting the benefits
Results can be measured in much more than numbers.
Mental-health advocate blossoms
Julie Dempsey wants to to include more mental-health consumers and carers in Forensicare's workforce.
Meet the boss: Uni head Paul Wappett
The Open Universities chief is the first to admit his career path has been eclectic.
No choice but to play politics
Those that advise us to ignore office politics are not only offering injurious advice, but also denying us the sheer delight of an up close and personal seat at the Game of Thrones.
Quick! Hide! Your friends 'found the perfect job for you'
It's invariably done with the best intentions, but sending a friend a job opportunity never ends in career bliss for the recipient.
Building a bilingual career
Laura Rancie used to be embarrassed that she was French. Then she figured out how to build a career around it.
Broadway's Mr Connected
For this Broadway producer, Australian talent takes centre stage.
Michael was buried two days before Christmas, as co-workers partied
Tracey Bowker read online that a young man had been struck down and killed in the early hours of the morning by a high-speed train.
Government criticises ABC staff pay deal
Government ministers unhappy ABC management for going soft on new staff pay deal.
Grim fate awaits those who speak up
The treatment of these officials highlights a broader problem in the Australian Public Service.