11 sentences to avoid saying to your boss at all costs
Here are 11 phrases you might want to avoid in conversations with your boss.
Workplace Relations
Ten Fair Work offices retire months after qualifying for pension
Ten former Fair Work Commission members, including outspoken critic Graeme Watson, retired early within months of qualifying for a full pension at the age of 60.
Peace hopes in Tax Office's long workplace war
ATO and unions prepare to put down their weapons after three years of workplace conflict.
Fair Work watchdog raids more than 80 businesses
Fair Work inspectors have raided more than 80 businesses in NSW in response to complaints of rampant underpayment of young workers.
Posties unimpressed with management's bonus offer
Australia Post employees are unimpressed with the size and conditions of a new annual bonus that has trickled down from the company's richly rewarded management levels.
CEO bonuses unnecessary when it's 'business as usual': AMP Capital
AMP Capital has weighed into the debate about executive pay, saying big bonuses shouldn't be given to executives with average performance for matters that are 'business as usual'.
'It's scary' - why rungs are disappearing on the wage ladder
There is more to income inequality than the famed 1 per cent versus the 99 per cent or standing chief executive officers next to average workers.
Australia's top chairmen came to support quotas, when will we?
Woolworths chairman Gordon Cairns is among a number of ASX 200 leaders who have thrown their support behind quotas.
Turnbull government warns against 'excessive' minimum wage rise
Government says increasing the minimum wage is "not an efficient way to address relative living standards or the needs of the low-paid".
No back pay for super under current laws, says watchdog
Retail and convenience store workers who have been underpaid can't claim back the superannuation they should have received.
A fierce fight is brewing over your super
Consumer groups and independent policy analysts have broadly backed the Productivity Commission proposals to change the default superannuation system.
Man versus machine: Robots take the lead in the race for jobs
Last year, two leading economists described a future in which humans come out ahead. But now they've declared a different winner: the robots.
Equal pay for men and women? Now bosses have to prove it
Iceland this week became the first country in the world to introduce legislation requiring employers to prove they are paying men and women equally.
Digital disruption expected to make legal services cheaper
Consumers are increasingly seeking value for money and expecting lawyers to be competent users of technology.
Retailers 'can't afford' big increase to minimum wage
Retailers are asking for the minimum wage to be increased by less than the inflation rate a month after winning a reduction in Sunday penalty rates.
APS department on lookout for phantom contractors
Are you a 'staff substitute', 'contractor' or 'service provider'? Your job may depend on the answer.
9 things to do when you don't like someone
If you restrict who you can work with, you're only limiting yourself. Here's how successful people deal with those they don't get along with.
Job market for the young worse than recession
Almost one in five young people have fewer hours of work than they want, with underemployment in the youth labour force at its highest level in 40 years.
'They could not recover any of my money': workers fail to get super
Every years millions of Australian workers miss out being paid their superannuation by their bosses. A federal inquiry is looking into why and how to stop it.
'They regularly ignored calls and emails from staff'
The once high-profile PR agency whose management played a part in former prime minister Kevin Rudd's high-profile "Kevin07" federal election campaign, failed to pay its staff superannuation, a federal inquiry has been told.
Fathers battle to save flexible work hours
For eight years, the Zammit twins arrived at work an hour early so they could be home in time to pick their children up from school – freeing their working wives to get them off to school.
Blackmail, extortion and slavery at a restaurant near you
Extortion, blackmail, cash back scams and slavery are happening every day under our noses.
Baiada to reduce wages up to 40 per cent for new staff
One of Australia's largest chicken processors plans to reduce wages for its contract labour by almost 40 per cent.
Senior Westpac executive departs after behavioural misconduct
The executive responsible for managing $34 billion of investments in Westpac's wealth management business, Martyn Wild, left the company abruptly on Friday following a series of allegations about inappropriate behaviour towards two female staff.
Meet the boss: The Catch Group's Nati Harpaz
A career spanning law, technology and entrepreneurship has helped develop leadership skills.
Hairdressers organise to fight wage cuts
A new union of hairdressers is gearing up to fight a threatened clip to their weekend penalty rates, with Newcastle hairdresser Melanie Coombs saying they already get "paid peanuts".
Spare us apps that castrate the language
Predictive text is supposed to be one of those nannying helper apps designed apparently to make life easier for us.
Building pictures of the ancient past
Working with ancient mummies and skeletons is more than just a curiosity.
Driving to Health: how apps might lift taxi drivers' moods
A mental health expert is behind a health app for taxi drivers to test drive.
Staying safe at sea
Volunteers play a vital role in keeping boat users safe in the water.