Buck passed over hiring of IT workers on 457 visas
The NSW government has admitted an external contractor didn't check whether Australian workers were available before hiring from overseas.
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.
The NSW government has admitted an external contractor didn't check whether Australian workers were available before hiring from overseas.
The gig economy has been blamed for putting pressure on fast food, retail, hospitality and transport services to cut costs, fuelling wage theft in those industries.
Investors have punished fast-food giant Domino's Pizza over wage-fraud claims
Union official Sally McManus looks set to become the first female secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions following her endorsement this week by left-wing unions.
Not all building and construction companies will benefit from the "level playing field" the federal government promised to create with the introduction of its Australian Building and Construction law.
When commenting on your workplace on social media, you should avoid saying anything you would not be willing to shout out in the middle of the office, workplace academics have warned.
Fashion models are increasingly at risk of exploitation in the gig economy with little protection against being underpaid and sexual harassment under fair work laws.
A cafe in regional NSW forced two Indian cooks to repay part of their wages and threatened to cancel their visas and even "kill" one if they complained.
Millennials in Australia no longer consider it the lucky country and are less optimistic about the future than their counterparts in developing economies.
The divide between rich and poor is growing in Australia according to a new national survey which found more than a quarter of households have experienced a drop in income.
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