Companies called on to put staff safety before marketing
Companies have been urged to consult with staff before introducing marketing like the Coles "I'm Free' campaign to avoid further risks of sexual harassment.
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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.
'The script will not change' - warning on our workplaces
Workplace exploitation will not be stamped out without much tougher penalties for unscrupulous employers says the Fair Work Ombudsman.
CFMEU and officials fined $590,800 for industrial action
The national construction union and ten of its officials have been fined a total of $590,800 for an industrial campaign in 2014.
Call for interim minimum wage increase rejected
The Fair Work Commission has rejected an application from unions for a medium-term target to be set for the national minimum wage.
The NSW university that has underpaid staff millions of dollars
A NSW university has discovered it has underpaid staff their superannuation entitlements since 2009.
Colleagues shocked at promotion at eight months pregnant
Anna Green was no less ambitious than her male colleagues. But she remembers people being surprised when she was promoted to the position of partner at a global consulting firm.
The jobs that will give you the biggest pay rise
Hone your computer skills: Finance and IT professionals can expect the highest salary increases this year as wages across the board stagnate.
Who you work with matters more than your pay: happiness survey
The freedom you have to do your job and the support you get from colleagues and bosses is more likely to make you happy than your pay packet, a new study has found.
Hair, beauty salons audited for workplace breaches
About 1600 hair and beauty salons will be randomly audited over the next 12 months.
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.
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