Woolworths ordered to pay worker more than $230,000
A Woolworths worker has been awarded more than $230,000 in damages after an appeals court in Brisbane found the warehouse demands placed on workers had aggravated a shoulder injury.
Workplace Relations
'No concrete action': Pizza Hut head office slammed over underpayments
Pizza Hut head office has been blasted for failing to respond to warnings about the underpayment of delivery drivers and for allowing allegedly unlawful activity to spread through its network to in-store staff.
Fired Google engineer says executives smeared him
The former Google engineer, whose controversial memo has triggered a wider debate on gender differences and diversity efforts in technology, defended his views on Wednesday, saying company executives are smearing him in its wake.
In an era of anything goes, should we be sacked for our podcast proclivities?
It is utterly scandalous that, in this day and age, a person can be sacked for letting some harmless erotic literature in audio form escape from their office computer.
CA farce prime example of widespread poor management
Some times unpalatable change must be faced and implemented, but the more unpalatable it is, the more the pressing need for competent management who are able to win the arguments with all of the stakeholders.
Taking the sting out of medicine
Health economics is a developing field attracting a host of researchers.
Looking to the future
Broken Hill is in transition and things are looking positive for the town as it diversifies beyond mining.
The power of systems thinking
Being able to see the big picture is a skill becoming more valuable.
Many voices sing as one
Encourage boys to sing, and then watch them soar.
Girls are doing it for themselves
Three leading travel innovators are passing their passion on to others.
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Sack sexual harassers, Facebook's Sandberg says
Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said no one should have to go to work fearing sexual harassment, and one way to eliminate that fear is for companies to have a zero-tolerance policy for such behaviour.
Bluescope Steel wins appeal against decision to stop it using contract labour
Bluescope Steel has won the right to appeal a decision over its use of contract labour without union consent to cope with a spike in demand at one of its mills.
The best way to start an email (and 18 ways not to)
How you begin an email sets the tone and may shape the recipient's perception of you.
On gender, tech firms are firmly stuck in the past
Gender inequality is becoming a critical test for the world's largest technology firms, and threatens to undermine their foundations and force a dramatic change in culture.
Unions and employer groups face fines up to $105,000 for missing reporting deadlines
Unions and employer organisations have been warned they face fines of up to $105,000 if they fail to meet new financial reporting guidelines in time.
Lack of sleep costing economy more than $66 billion
New research shows sleep deprivation cost the economy an estimated $66.3 billion in health bills, lost productivity and wellbeing.
Mining industry push for individual work agreements
Typical mining industry workers would be able to opt out of union-bargained agreements and instead negotiate individual contracts under a new push from the mining industry.
In 'limbo': business groups slam citizenship changes
The federal government's plans to tighten requirements to become an Australian citizen have been slammed by business groups who say their members are worried migrant workers awaiting permanent residency may leave Australia, rather than wait for citizenship.
Plan to name and shame businesses that rip off workers
Businesses would have to publicly display minimum wage rates and face being named and shamed if they underpaid workers under NSW Labor Party policy.
Meet the boss: Ben Pfisterer of Square
When this chief started his career, his initial expertise was in project management.
Juggling two or three jobs to make ends meet
"I've always worked hard. I just take whatever I can get."
Weak wages: They know they can get away with it
On the day Labor’s Fair Work Act became law, right-wing media went into meltdown about ‘’unsustainable’’ wage claims. They could not have been more wrong.
‘It makes you feel not valued’: How wage cuts broke Sahar
Feeling the pinch? You're not alone. In real terms, Australian workers are being paid less now than in 2009. As house and energy prices skyrocket, our fabled standard of living is under attack.
Don't wish too hard. We've got the low wage growth we sought
The incoming Coalition government wanted low wage growth, badly.
Big union attacks 'reprehensible' shoppies wage deals
Australia's biggest union, the nurses' federation, has condemned the "reprehensible conduct" of the 'Shoppies' union over sweet-heart deals that left hundreds of thousands of workers underpaid
Queensland journalists allegedly underpaid more than $300,000
A Queensland digital media company will front the Federal Circuit Court over allegations it underpaid young journalists more than $300,000 within less than a two-year period.
Ex-CFMEU boss Dave Hanna charged with destroying documents
The lawyer for a former CFMEU boss accused of destroying documents has slammed trade union investigators for charging his client with an offence that did not exist.
Unions fined $430,000 over strikes
Union officers encouraged hundreds of workers across several construction sites, including the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital, to down tools to campaign against "sham contracting".
Focus on the team as a whole
Trying to understand the performance of a work team by analysing the individual members is as helpful as trying to fully appreciate Beethoven's 9th symphony while listening only to the bassoon.