Today
Employers to share workers in first multi-employer deal
A landmark agreement will introduce ‘pooled labour’ for the first time - but opponents warn it risks reducing jobs growth and undermining competition.
- David Marin-Guzman
Yesterday
Union delegates should get free iPads from bosses: CFMEU
Employers are protesting against a push for union delegate minimum rights including an iPad, a phone, filing cabinet and private lockable area.
- David Marin-Guzman
Airports strike threatens to disrupt school holiday flights
Aviation firefighters are threatening to walk off the job around the country after documents revealed major airports are at “extreme risk” from understaffing.
- David Marin-Guzman
This Month
- Opinion
- Minimum wage
Lift the minimum wage and help to close the poverty gap
Almost 5 million Australians live at or below the poverty line. Even a 4.9 per cent rise would go some way to help those in insecure work.
- Michael Kennedy
Ban restraints on poaching staff: RBA board member
Workers should be allowed to solicit ex-colleagues to jump ship to competitors and staff should be paid while under non-compete clauses, a former judge has urged.
- David Marin-Guzman
March
Government contracts on the line if gender targets not met
Companies like BAE Systems, Microsoft, SAP and the big consulting firms stand to lose billions in government contracts if they can’t prove they’re meeting targets.
- Hannah Wootton
Bosses want upskilled workforce? Pay your way, says Suncorp
Employers haven’t thrown enough into staff skills development and paid time must be allotted to boost productivity, chairwoman Christine McLoughlin says.
- Liam Walsh
Unions’ 5pc wage claim will keep interest rates high: business
Employers say the ACTU’s bid for a 5 per cent increase is “an open letter to the RBA to keep interest rates higher for longer”, while economists warn it will have an inflationary effect.
- David Marin-Guzman
Union push for 5pc minimum wage rise sets up pay showdown
ACTU secretary Sally McManus will argue the pay claim for 2.9 million workers will not drive up inflation.
- David Marin-Guzman
Keep minimum wage rise to 2pc, says employer group
Business group ACCI will argue that the Fair Work Commission overcompensated for inflation last year with its record high minimum wage rise and must correct it.
- David Marin-Guzman
Economist sacked for student misconduct sues university over ‘ageism’
A 68-year-old professor accused of inappropriate behaviour with a student at the University of Melbourne has claimed he was fired because he was “decades older” than her.
- David Marin-Guzman
Too many meetings stalling your work? Here’s what you can do
More than half the respondents in a survey say they do catch-up work at nights because of the amount of time spent on attending meetings each day.
- Euan Black
Business seeks new category of part-time worker
A peak employer group has proposed a new “flexible ongoing employee” where part-timers in hospitality and retail would be paid more to get rostered at their boss’ discretion.
- Updated
- David Marin-Guzman
RBA to watch for ‘spillover’ from aged care pay rise
Michele Bullock will be alert to the effects from the “very worthy” 14 per cent wage increase but says this is unlikely to shift forecasts for inflation.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Exclusive
- Workplace
Hundreds of workers trial nine-day fortnight at Bupa
Private health insurer Bupa has joined the growing ranks of white-collar employers experimenting with a nine-day fortnight.
- Euan Black
- Opinion
- Workplace culture
Drug use at work isn’t biohacking. It’s workaholism
Even if anecdote-driven reports oversell the problem, it’s clear that the “just say no” and “this is your brain on drugs” eras are a relic of the past.
- Sarah Green Carmichael
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Lee rebukes TWU’s monopoly
The court cases involving Uber and Qantas raised different questions about legalised business and union monopolies.
- The AFR View
- Exclusive
- Working from home
Bosses tie bonuses to office attendance
The company has joined rival energy company Origin in linking office attendance to annual bonuses and performance reviews.
- Euan Black
Judge lashes Qantas union for delaying tactics
A Federal Court judge has accused the Transport Workers Union of “sitting on its backside” over a claim it should be compensated for lost membership dues.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Opinion
- Trade unions
Unions target small business through women
Inflexibility over work hours and the right to disconnect will hit women and their small business employers the hardest of all.
- Amanda Rose
