Fears privatisation of state assets will escape scrutiny if ICAC is diminished
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
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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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Company disguised employees as unpaid interns
Cleaning the office, organising events: Media company made Chinese student work 180 hours over four months for no pay, calling it an internship.
'It's about time': Crackdown on cosmetic surgery
Safety standards for cosmetic surgery patients will be radically improved with the billion dollar industry set to be regulated for the first time.
Where to find a pay rise
There are only a few sectors where bosses expect to up the pay of employees.
Sacked for having a cup of coffee
A cleaner was sacked from his job because he had a cup of coffee at work.
First safety code to regulate the horse-riding industry
Sarah Waugh was 18 when she fell to her death from a thoroughbred racing horse that bolted during a jillaroo course in 2009.
Call for working hours to be capped
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 refugee skills and talent through internships
As a refugee from Syria looking for work in Australia, Nirary Dacho is neither illiterate nor innumerate. Armed with two university degrees his only barrier to finding a job was his lack of local work experience.
'Mean girl' culture must go
Female career climbers have been urged to leave the ladder down instead of pulling it behind them after they reach the top.
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