Today
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
How to bridge the ‘valley of death’ for women entrepreneurs
There’s been a strong response to programs aimed at boosting businesswomen and leaders – but impostor syndrome still holds many females back.
- Tony Boyd
Yesterday
Champions of Change unveil 12 steps to boost women tech leaders
Telstra and Microsoft are leading the charge on a range of new commitments to promote female leadership in the IT sector, traditionally one of the most blokey industries.
- James Eyers
This Month
- Opinion
- Workplace
Beware, workers are about to pivot with their feet
The workplace is going through a Great Realignment because of the pandemic, which has made many employees rethink what their jobs mean to them.
- Kirstin Ferguson
American workers who didn’t quit are now going on strike
Many of those who didn’t join The Great Resignation are now joining picket lines, as widespread work stoppages reflect growing frustrations among the labour force.
- Jacob Bogage
- Exclusive
- Vaccination
Queensland wharfies told to boycott vaccination proofs
The Maritime Union of Australia has given stevedores in Queensland until Monday to back down on vaccine mandates and urged all members not to provide proof of vaccination.
- David Marin-Guzman
MUA suspends Fremantle Port strikes ahead of federal intervention
The wharfies’ union halts three months of industrial action before a federal government push to terminate the strikes because they were damaging the WA economy.
- Updated
- David Marin-Guzman
Ausgrid strikes disrupt key building projects
Months of industrial action by power workers at Ausgrid is disrupting key NSW infrastructure projects critical to the state’s recovery.
- David Marin-Guzman
Strikes continue at Fremantle Port after WA govt failed to show up
The Ports Minister urged Fair Work to stop three months of strikes at Fremantle Port because they were threatening the state’s economy. But she failed to show up at the hearing.
- David Marin-Guzman
Parcel strike called off after Toll reaches deal with union
The country’s biggest transport operator has reached a deal on pay and job security to avert strikes.
- David Marin-Guzman
Should I do business with someone hit by harassment allegations?
Matt Beard, program director at Cranlana Centre for Ethical Leadership, answers your ethical dilemmas.
- Matt Beard
Early childhood educators’ pay to jump by up to 13pc next year
Early childhood educators will get pay rises from January 1 to recognise their extra skills and responsibilities, after the workplace tribunal rejected employer calls for the increases to be phased in.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Analysis
- Coronavirus pandemic
NSW’s loose vax checks threaten Perrottet’s reopening
Lax checking of vaccination status poses a political and health risk to the NSW government’s nation-leading reopening.
- Aaron Patrick
CBA ‘knowingly’ underpaid staff $16m in mass use of individual agreements
Australia’s biggest bank is facing huge fines after the regulator claimed it knowingly underpaid thousands of staff and even misled some into agreements that undercut union deals.
- David Marin-Guzman
Competition between businesses is giving new parents months more leave
Leading employers are paying staff to spend at least five months at home caring for their young children under new parental leave policies.
- Tess Bennett
The end of WFH: NSW vaccinated allowed back to the office
Unpublicised changes to the NSW road map mean some unvaccinated workers who had held out on getting the jab can get back to work on Monday while fully vaccinated workers can return to the office.
- Updated
- David Marin-Guzman
‘Really thrilling’: Sydney eateries, hotels can’t wait to reopen
Sydney restaurants and cafes hope NSW’s reopening can set an example for the rest of the country but staff shortages have forced many to reduce their trading hours.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Updated
- Aviation
Engineers, Virgin reach ceasefire on vax mandate
The union went to court citing privacy concerns after Virgin insisted staff hand over documents that include government health identifiers.
- Updated
- Lucas Baird
Woolworths to pay $50m for decade-old underpayments
Woolworths will make ex-gratia payments to 20,000 employees who could have been underpaid as far back as 2010, pushing its wage bill to $420 million.
- David Marin-Guzman
Major employers stick to December reopening plans
Sydney’s CBD is unlikely to be a hive of activity later this month when office mask rules are set to change.
- Sally Patten
Mining unions oppose BHP vaccine mandate
Unions have flagged potential legal challenges to BHP’s decision to lock out unvaccinated workers from mine sites by early next year.
- David Marin-Guzman
