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.
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.
It may be too late already - but here's some tips how your work function doesn't become memorable for all the wrong reasons.
A job at Google. It's career heaven, right? Wrong, according to these 30 gripes by ex-staff.
ATO pay negotiation stalemate set to drag on into 2017.
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.
The year will end with 15 boards in the ASX 200 with no women on it.
Senior surgeons say they are using "sticky tape" to fix surgical instruments during operations because of shortages of staff.
Donald Trump's reluctance to take time off could be his most relatable quality – Australians have accrued 134 million days' of untaken annual leave.
After 35 years on the job, Michael Stuban was minutes away from retiring from the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.
Peak employer groups have warned business owners against systematic underpayment of workers because it is creating an uneven playing field for those paying lawful wage rates.
The Lowy Institute has proposed opening Australia to workers from Pacific nations including Fiji, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands as a way of easing some of the shortages predicted as a result of changes to the backpacker tax and as a way of helping workers from those nations far more powerfully than could foreign aid.
From a financial perspective, working into your 70s or 80s can be a great idea. It's also completely unrealistic for many workers.
Ashleigh Mounser took to Facebook to vent about being offered as little as $10 per hour to work in a takeaway food shop. Asking if anyone else had experienced similar treatment, she was was overwhelmed by complaints from 67 young workers within days of her original posting.
Deep down, Cal Stanley knew he was being ripped off.
The union has cried foul over the ballot of nearly 2000 workers in the office of federal politicians, alleging that many were unfairly denied the right to vote.
All office workers have their pet hates, whether it's that annoying colleague munching away loudly at their desk, or the lack of privacy in an open-plan space.
'Barnaby's feathering his own nest.'
If you can't remember the last good day you've had at work, it might be time to seriously consider quitting.
One of the world's great end-of-year traditions has returned, triumphant and more inspiring than ever before.
Jessica Booth aims to make a real-world difference through science.
Tax Office workers prepare to vote in the wake of third Defence no-vote.
"He effectively told her her role on the project was just to be an ornament."
1260-day wage freeze for Barrier Reef public servants before EA consigned to a watery grave.
A store with no workers is a concern for us all.
The Federal Government has been accused of under-investing in early childhood education at the same time Australian school children fall two years behind children in other comparable countries.
Encouraging students to undertake their own applied research sets them up for success.
Women and men are not always supported in their desire for work flexibility. There's stigmas, and much resistance.
An Australian IT student's research into what his fellow engineers are being offered by Silicon Valley is illuminating.
Acusations of 'hypocrisy' and 'unfairness as more federal high-earners get pay rises of up to $26,000.
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