'Ball of tears': Ciara fired after falling down stairs
Ciara Burke was about to fulfill her dream of becoming a fully-fledged flight attendant. Then she fell.
Workplace Relations
Casual staff win right to ask for permanent work
Casual workers have won the right to demand a permanent full-time or part-time job after 12 months under a landmark Fair Work Commission ruling.
Jeff Kennett company in Crown pokies wrangle
James Packer's Crown Melbourne casino is preparing to sack its poker machine technicians and outsource the work to a company directed by former state premier Jeff Kennett.
Welcome to the rough gig economy
It's a disturbing new trend playing havoc with Australian workers.
'All hands on deck' after APS agency's computer system failure
Just "routine business processes", claims the Child Support Agency.
Spitting chips: potato giant accused of 'wage theft'
Australia's biggest potato grower is leading a national horticulture industry push to pay employees like Kay Rault who work in packing and storage sheds located off farm sites the same rates as lower-paid farm workers.
Is your boss a psychopath? One in five leaders are
Some of the biggest names in business employ Dr Tara Swart to keep their dark sides in check.
Public service workers compo bill slashed by $450 million
Get-tough approach to public servants' compo claims pays off.
Calombaris' long-term partner departs business
George Sykiotis told staff he was leaving Made Establishment to spend more time with his family, but hospitality sources claim his relationship with financial backer Radek Sali had become strained.
Playing office politics can be sweet as well as sour
Office politics isn't just about nasty workplace dynamics, it's also another word for the relationships we have at work.
Bid for paid domestic violence leave rejected
A union bid for 10 days of paid domestic violence leave to be granted to all workers has been rejected for a second time by the industrial umpire.
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.
Chief executives returned to four-year temporary visa list
Business groups have welcomed the return of chief executives to the skilled occupations list.
Blind recruitment in APS may be holding women back
"Unconscious bias" techniques could do more harm than good, Prime Minister's nudge unit finds.
Public service courts staff vote no to 'insulting' pay offer
Proposal was to give staff half the wage rises being paid in other departments.
'Must I have friends in high places to advance at work?'
Public servants' advice column: we put your workplace woes to an executive coach.
Prime Minister's public servants lay down their arms
Prime Minister and Cabinet public servants finally agree to new workplace deal.
'Do you take pleasure in being nasty to me?': teacher loses workplace claim
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.
Thousands of new public service jobs
March of public service casualisation reversed. In one department at least.
'I know it when I see it'
It can be hard to define, but procedural fairness must underlie public service employment decisions.
Penalty rate ploy could bring 'chaos'
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.
ATO public servants vote yes in a landslide
Another public service agency lays down its arms.
Fair Work Ombudsman probes Uber over driver contracts
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 need less experience to join boards than women
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.
The company where client surveys help decide size of employee bonuses
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.
Women earn less when they won't say what they're making
"What do you make in your current job?" For women, is there any good answer to that dreaded job-interview question?
New commissioner watching "bad to the bone" conduct
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.
Public servants are super losers: expert
More pay, less super would be a better deal for bureaucrats and soldiers, expert warns.
Public service jobs for life in the past, says Lloyd
Traditional public service life will be consigned to history, Public Service Commissioner warns.
Career talk important for children
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.