Full cuts to Sunday penalty rates delayed until 2020

Landmark cuts to weekend penalty rates in several industries will be phased in over four years.

Clock ticking for big builders as blacklist looms

Australia's biggest builders are in danger of being banned from federal government-funded construction work within 90 days because their union-friendly agreements are in breach of tough new rules.

WordPress spurns Australian court over Amber Harrison leak

The US owners of hugely popular blogging platform WordPress.com are defying an Australian court.

Court rules on site bans for top CFMEU officials

Victoria's powerful construction union has suffered a major blow in a landmark court ruling.

Shark Tank contestant exploited staff: Ombudsman

A fashion business that began on Ten's Shark Tank accused of running an illegal unpaid internship program.

Worker injured in building crane collapse

Three workers have been rushed to hospital after a cherry-picker several metres in the air collapsed on a building site in Geelong on Tuesday morning.

Building giant fined $280,000 over terrifying crane crash

John Holland has been hit with a $280,000 fine for major safety violations after a terrifying crash between a crane and an elevated work platform.

Childcare workers vote to walk off the job

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Thousands of Australian childcare workers will walk of the job as they battle for better pay.

Wage battle breaks out on Bass Strait oil fields

A hostile industrial battle is brewing in the Bass Strait, with workers infuriated over "legal tricks" they claim are being used to drastically reduce wages.