Workplace
Beyond breadwinners: how same-sex couples divide housework
Research shows that same-sex couples have more equitable divisions of housework than heterosexual couples.
- by Leah Ruppanner & Claudia Geist
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Annastacia Palaszczuk
Wages inquiry will examine bosses who rip off their employees
The Queensland government will use a parliamentary inquiry to put pressure on the federal government to fund policing of "wage theft".
- by Felicity Caldwell
Workplace
Contractors cost double compared to public servants: ABS
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has told an inquiry that contractor spending has a "significant impact" on its budget.
- by Doug Dingwall
How to handle the person you hate in the office
It could be your boss, your co-worker, the courier guy. Here's how to manage them.
- by Thomas Mitchell
Mandurah
Investigation launched after alleged asbestos exposure at Mandurah refinery
It’s believed lagging, which contained asbestos, was removed within an area that provided no protection from the potentially lethal fibres.
- by Caitlyn Rintoul
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Teachers' core job swamped by paperwork
A University of Sydney study shows teachers are becoming overloaded with administration.
- by Anna Patty
Virgin Australia
Tigerair pilots call off industrial action after wage deal breakthrough
Pilots had threatened a range of protected actions that would have disrupted services starting Friday morning.
- by Patrick Hatch
Workplace
More empty desks, less office space as government cuts building stock
The Coalition government says a lag between falling staff numbers and lease expiries is to blame for a rise in its vacant desks.
- by Doug Dingwall & Markus Mannheim
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Construction
'That’s the rules' - building union faces fresh coercion claim
A painting contractor allegedly sacked a worker after he was coerced into joining the national construction and maritime union.
- by Anna Patty
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State Parliament
'On the scrap heap': Cuts to injured workers' compo have cost Daniel
Father of five has been relying on charity since he and thousands of other injured workers lost weekly benefits.
- by Anna Patty
Employment
Backpackers are filling solar energy jobs promised to locals: Union
The ETU says backpackers and overseas workers on temporary visas have new jobs that were promised to locals.
- by Anna Patty