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Forgotten industrial diseases reappear
As a young bricky, Chris Parmangos had no idea silica dust rising from the Sydney sandstone and bricks he worked with would cost him his health.
As a young bricky, Chris Parmangos had no idea silica dust rising from the Sydney sandstone and bricks he worked with would cost him his health.
Business groups have welcomed the return of chief executives to the skilled occupations list.
"Unconscious bias" techniques could do more harm than good, Prime Minister's nudge unit finds.
Proposal was to give staff half the wage rises being paid in other departments.
Prime Minister and Cabinet public servants finally agree to new workplace deal.
A music teacher who described her principal as "a maggot in the ground who deserves to be stomped on" and implied that her colleague was faking a disability to get out of playground duty has failed in an unfair dismissal claim against the NSW Department of Education.
March of public service casualisation reversed. In one department at least.
Reversal of the Fair Work Commission's decision to reduce Sunday penalty rates in industries including the hospitality and retail sectors could lead to industrial "chaos" and reduce wages to a political "plaything" experts warn.
Another public service agency lays down its arms.
The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched an investigation into Uber and whether its contracts with tens of thousands of Australian drivers are in breach of federal workplace laws.
Men join company boards with less experience than women do, who often face the old Catch-22: To get chosen to be on a board, they already have to be on a board.
Kirralee Brisbane was always paid a commission for her work fitting hearing aids, but her clients will soon have a say over the size of her pay packet.
"What do you make in your current job?" For women, is there any good answer to that dreaded job-interview question?
Like a theme song for his new commission to catch unions and employer groups involved in corruption, Mark Bielecki's mobile phone went off to the guitar strums of George Thoroughgood's Bad to the Bone.
More pay, less super would be a better deal for bureaucrats and soldiers, expert warns.
Traditional public service life will be consigned to history, Public Service Commissioner warns.
Working in a role where you are obliged to work to a system manifestly, even risibly, not fit for purpose, must be one of the worst career experiences.
Wellbeing advocate promotes positive outcomes in the community.
A constant flow of unpaid interns provide free accounting and finance work for businesses, raising questions about whether Fair Work laws need to be tightened.
With the controversial cuts affecting hundreds of thousands of workers due to start taking effect from next weekend, unions are launching a last-minute legal challenge.
A construction company manager has been arrested and charged after allegedly threatening to track down a union safety organiser and saying he would "attack you and your family".
Why should the onus be on the speakers of everyday English to find out what obscure management shorthand refers to? Let's be proud of our ignorance and our easy-to-understand language.
Nation's top public servant now earning nearly $880,000.
Education sector challenges could benefit from a corporate mindset approach.
Beyond leading from the trenches, the next big thing is to delegate.
DFAT staff on overseas postings must be flexible, resilient and good listeners.
You must learn to fail and gain wisdom from your mistakes.
Another crash and burn of Tax Office's internet systems with just nine days until tax time.
For nine weeks hundreds of families in a small north-east Victorian town have been without a pay check, after the area's biggest employer locked out its entire workforce in April.
Australia is shedding jobs for retailers and farmers by the tens of thousands as we become a country of carers and builders.
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