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| UpdatedOne in five regulatory scientists has quit and new offices will have to be built as the APVMA forges ahead with relocation.
Topics: chemicals-and-pharmaceuticals, federal-government, agribusiness, agricultural-policy, public-sector, science-and-technology, family-and-children, work, agricultural-chemicals, veterinary-medicine, canberra-2600, armidale-2350
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A media war is set to break out between the union movement and employer groups in the wake of last week's decision to lower Sunday penalty rates for some workers.
Topics: government-and-politics, business-economics-and-finance, work, unions, australia
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| UpdatedPenalty rates and politicians' entitlements were hot topics on Monday's Q&A as the panel show hits the road and broadcasts from Melbourne this week.
Topics: government-and-politics, business-economics-and-finance, work, television, melbourne-3000, australia
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Parts of Australia's biggest cities could struggle to attract enough disability workers for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, a new report warns.
Topics: disabilities, health, government-and-politics, federal-government, work, australia
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| UpdatedWhat you post on Facebook or say on the phone at work is becoming a more likely form of ammunition when bosses who engage digital tracking devices look to fire employees.
Topics: work, community-and-society, computers-and-technology, australia
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| UpdatedCould you go without takeaway coffees, lunches, pints at the pub, haircuts and holidays if it meant saving tens of thousands of dollars each year?
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, money-and-monetary-policy, work, australia
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The notion that men are inherently more capable than women is the target of a forum aimed at empowering females to strive higher.
Topics: university-and-further-education, engineering, science-and-technology, work, vocational, university-of-tasmania-7005
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Work in retail or hospitality? You may be facing a pay cut.
Topics: work, government-and-politics, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedThe move to slash Sunday penalty rates could face a legal and political battle, with Opposition Leader Bill Shorten vowing to stop the cuts.
Topics: work, government-and-politics, unions, hospitality, retail, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedThe Fair Work Commission has announced cuts to penalty rates. We hear from the retail and hospitality workers who will be affected by the cuts and the reactions are not all negative.
Topics: work, industrial-relations, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedSunday workers are not only employees, they're also customers. So what effect do you think stripping thousands of dollars from their pay will have on already fragile consumer spending?
Topics: economic-trends, work, australia
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| UpdatedFair Work Commission president Iain Ross announces the Commissions' findings on Sunday and public holiday penalty rates which will be reduced for hospitality, retail and fast food workers
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, work, australia
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| UpdatedWorkers in the hospitality, retail and fast-food industries will be paid less for working on Sundays and on public holidays after the Fair Work Commission decided to cut penalty rates.
Topics: government-and-politics, business-economics-and-finance, work, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedWith the Fair Work Commission's long-awaited decision on weekend penalty rates handed down, a fierce political fight is reignited between Labor and the Coalition.
Topics: industrial-relations, work, unemployment, hospitality, government-and-politics, australia
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Australian workers continue to face record low wage rises, with the downturn in the mining sector driving the weak outcomes.
Topics: economic-trends, work, australia
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| UpdatedIf you get to work early, stay back late, or put in extra hours at home you are not alone, and experts say workplace culture is driving fulltime workers to do more than 5 unpaid hours every week.
Topics: work, unemployment, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedThere is a new program helping migrants launch their own businesses in an effort to tackle unemployment in the community.
Topics: immigration, community-and-society, work, sydney-2000, nsw
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There are expectations a new TAFE course on cultural tourism will get more Indigenous people in far-west New South Wales employed in the industry.
Topics: indigenous-culture, rural-tourism, rural-youth, education, lifestyle-and-leisure, community-and-society, work, travel-and-tourism, broken-hill-2880
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| UpdatedPeople with disabilities, including Adelaide man Nick Schumi, say it is hard to land a job when you head to an interview only to find the building cannot accommodate your wheelchair.
Topics: disabilities, activism-and-lobbying, states-and-territories, work, community-and-society, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedMany companies are encouraging their workers to be happy, but psychologists argue this fixation can be more stressful than liberating.
Topics: happiness, emotions, community-and-society, work, management, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedThere are calls to formalise the so-called "backpacker au pair" role and create a specific visa to ensure safeguards are in place for workers and families.
Topics: immigration, work, child-care, australia
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| UpdatedSecurity guards that patrol Melbourne's train stations and depots claim they are being underpaid for risky and dangerous work.
Topics: work, industrial-relations, rail-transport, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, vic, australia