$100m payday for $1-an-hour staff with disabilities

Up to 10,000 Australians with intellectual disabilities, who worked for as little as 99 cents an hour, will share in a massive $100 million federal government payout after a landmark discrimination lawsuit.

Victoria's Christmas electricity strike action averted

Workers at Victoria's largest energy plant have agreed to abandon strikes after the Andrews government intervened in a bitter dispute with power giant AGL.

Toll fined record $1m over worker's death

Shipping giant Toll has been convicted and fined a record $1 million for safety failures after a father-of-three was crushed and killed on Melbourne's wharves.

Victorian schools clean up on workers

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In the cutthroat world of contract cleaning in government schools a vulnerable workforce is paying the price.

Greens push to plug huge wages underpayment loophole

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Hundreds of thousands of low-paid workers would get protection from being underpaid, under a push for reforms to plug loopholes that are being exploited by big companies such as McDonald's and KFC

Thousands of workers discover they're being ripped off

One in four Australian workers who checked their pay through a union-run online wage calculator found out they were being ripped off, with staff in the restaurant business the worst-affected.

Unions increase insurance for officials

Unions may be forced to dramatically lift their insurance coverage in the wake of the Turnbull government's latest legislation that increases their liability and blows out penalties for legal breaches.

'Best deal in decades' for dockers

A bitter year long dispute has been brought to a close thanks to a new pay offer.

ABC boss calls Trump victory a 'bruising experience' for women

ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie has described Donald Trump's shock US election win as a "bruising experience for women everywhere".