Meet the boss: Health chief Gerard Fogarty
Gerard Fogarty knew early on that school wasn't his forte, but it took him quite a while to realise that the Australian Defence Force was.
Workplace Relations
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.
Big retailers to push through new deals after penalty rate decision
Australia's biggest retailers are expected to seize on the landmark cut to Sunday penalty rates to push forward new wage deals covering hundreds of thousands of workers.
'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.
21 email habits that make everyone hate you
If you can avoid these bad habits, you'll be off to a great start.
'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.
How Australia ranks in happiness in the workplace
Australia is the fourth happiest country on the global workplace happiness scale.
Local shops make a community
Local shopping centres are finding new ways to keep customers coming.
Students today, employees tomorrow
Rural schools are leading the way with advanced technology learning.
Teasing extraordinary moments out of everyday
Fashioning a work space that's conducive to the rapport needes with clients is intrinsic to being a successful OT.
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The stuff of secrets and the career paths they can grow
High profile data breaches often get plenty of press. But there are careers to be had in stopping them happening in the first place.
Great Scott! Does your boss really need that job done yesterday?
There's nothing wrong with a super-tight deadline, but happens when the urgency rhetoric doesn't meet the eventual workplace reality?
Quitting a job - should I stay or should I go?
Doing a good job of leaving your job is quite the art form.
Health Department begins voluntary redundancy program
The Health Department will axe jobs through voluntary redundancies in a move unions warn could shed 250 positions.
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.
Childcare provider embroiled in new wage theft case
A childcare provider, whose owner has previously been rebuked as a remorseless offender of wage violations, is embroiled in fresh claims of exploiting staff.
Uber launches 'urgent' investigation into harassment claims
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has announced an urgent investigation into claims of sexual harassment and sexism within the company.
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.
7 ways being single affects your success
Being perpetually single isn’t as bad as it’s made out to be.
'I'll be a mongrel': Public service boss bares teeth
Dog of a day at Defence as boss reveals consultants and contractors now outnumber public servants
Skilling TAFE for the future
Jon Black, the head of TAFE NSW makes no apologies for being too close to business.
Cleaning contractor at 18 Victorian public schools in wages scandal
A cleaning contractor faces an investigation into claims of "massive wage theft" spanning a large network of Victoria's government-run schools.
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.
CFA member stood aside over change room creep camera
Victoria's Country Fire Authority has stood down a senior member of a large Victorian brigade amid allegations he has been filming women getting changed in a shed without their knowledge.
Seven-year-old Chloe asks Google for a job, and gets reply from CEO
Chloe Bridgewater has a little more drive than your average seven-year-old. Taken by the idea of working somewhere with bean bag chairs, go-karts, and slides, she decides to apply at Google.