Women to bear the brunt of cuts to penalty rates
Single mother Sharon Eurlings has worked Sunday shifts for more than 20 years to help pay the bills and get care for her children.
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Anna Patty
Anna Patty is Workplace Editor for The Sydney Morning Herald. She is a former Education Editor, State Political Reporter and Health Reporter. Her reports on inequity in schools funding led to the Gonski reforms and won her national awards. Her coverage of health exposed unnecessary patient deaths at Campbelltown Hospital and led to judicial and parliamentary inquiries. At The Times of London, she exposed flaws in international medical trials.
'Not balanced or fair': restaurant owners miss out on penalty rate cut
"If the business doesn't grow, how are we going to employ more people?" asks restaurateur Mohammad Bhuiya after restaurants were excluded from the Sunday penalty rate cut.
'Bad day for working Australians': Sunday penalty rates slashed
Hundreds of thousands of Australians who work on Sundays will have their take-home pay reduced after a landmark ruling by the national workplace umpire.
What is your Sunday worth now?
The time you spend working on a Sunday is still worth more than it is on a Saturday, but not as much as it was in the past, according to the Fair Work umpire.
Casual workers threaten to walk out over penalty rate cuts
As a casual waitress, Erin Gibbons doesn't always know when she will be working each week, or how much she will earn.
Penalty rate cuts: Who gains, and who will be hit hardest
Who will gain the most from the changes, and who will be the hardest hit? The penalty rates decision in a nutshell.
Umpire to announce future of weekend penalty rates
A highly anticipated ruling on whether to slash weekend penalty rates for Australians working in retail, fast food and hospitality jobs will be handed down on Thursday.
CBA faces claim thousands of workers are owed million in super
More than 7000 Commonwealth Bank of Australia part-time staff are owed millions of dollars in unpaid superannuation entitlements, according to legal advice.
Government may take fizz out of PepsiCo's generosity
Food and drink company PepsiCo will boost paid parental leave for employees from 12 to 16 weeks and double paid leave for carers from one to two weeks.
Skilling TAFE for the future
Jon Black, the head of TAFE NSW makes no apologies for being too close to business.
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