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Taxpayers pay $180,000 in public servant's breast reduction battle
Federal government pays nearly $180,000 legal bill in battle to avoid paying $20,000 for public servant's breast reduction.
Federal government pays nearly $180,000 legal bill in battle to avoid paying $20,000 for public servant's breast reduction.
Thousands of hotel and casino employees will start receiving above-inflation pay rises and extra allowances from next year that recognise the sacrifices of working in an around-the-clock workplace.
The popular Paul Sadler Swimland has been caught underpaying hundreds of young instructors over six years.
Julie Misson, 55, is getting ready to start a new business in the new year developing healthcare apps.
Global investment funds say 2016 should serve as a wake-up call for Australian boards on the issue of executive pay, with some company executives paying themselves too well.
It is important to keep tenants happy, particularly when new buildings come on stream in the next few years, according to tenant representatives.
Prisons agency faces claims of high risk of suicide and self-harm among current and former staff.
Here's to 2016, more different to 2015 than most people realise.
Almost one in two people end up in a sexual relationship with their workmates, but it may not be the best thing for your career, HR professionals warn.
Victoria's corrections department has been charged with criminal safety failures over the violent mass riot that rocked the maximum-security Ravenhall prison last year.
Energy giant AGL has lashed out at union leaders for blocking proposed cost-cutting reforms that are at the centre of a long and bitter stoush.
The holidays are almost here, which means you might be looking forward to some time off from work.
When viewed a certain way, most public servants have voted yes, says Public Service Commission
Paid domestic violence leave would fail to disrupt the economy at a cost of $80 million to $120 million per year if extended nationally to the entire workforce, new analysis has found.
The public service traditional Christmas shutdown used by bosses to trim employees' leave balances.
The all too common "I'm just so busy" has taken on the feel of an overused humblebrag, a status-symbol in our always-on world. And that's what it is, new research shows.
If you're leaving vacation days on the table this year, you're not alone.
Workers at Victoria's largest power station will walk off the job on Christmas Day.
It's hard to tie pay to performance if you don't have performance reviews.
The operator of a string of Noodle Box restaurants has been charged with fraud after an investigation by the corporate regulator into the illegal practice of phoenix activity.
Public servants at ACMA, ABS and IP Australia all say no to deals offered under government's controversial policy.
Nightmare before Christmas for thousands of ATO casuals.
A new OECD paper has looked at how tax systems, including Australia's, effectively discriminate against married women.
TAFE NSW spent more than $10 million to discover it had understated its revenue from skills training by $138 million, the auditor general has reported.
When Bunnings department manager Bruce Johnson refused to sack members of his team he believed were doing a good job, he was warned his own job was at risk and that a manager known as "the terminator" would replace him.
Most Australians still prefer shopping in stores instead of online, according to a new survey.
A mobile phone retail chain has been hit with more than $20,000 in penalties for the exploitation and underpayment of its migrant staff.
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.
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