Yesterday
Academics seek pay for emails out of hours
A major union is using Labor’s new right to disconnect laws to scrap a “common practice” where casual academics do not get separately paid to be contacted outside of hours.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Opinion
- Workplace culture
How much fun should you have at work?
Jokes at work need to be deployed with skill and care. Yet, the best are glorious and the working world would be a far better place if we had a great deal more of them.
- Pilita Clark
Employers back worker ‘choice’ in right to disconnect battle
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has warned against strict rights to disconnect in awards, saying it could affect enthusiastic staff.
- David Marin-Guzman
This Month
- Exclusive
- Industrial relations
Call to change bargaining laws as Sephora ‘sidesteps’ union
The retail union is pushing the government to change bargaining laws to stop employers from secretly sidelining unions to push through deals behind their back.
- Updated
- David Marin-Guzman
Budget relief comes on top of ‘decent’ wage rise: Chalmers
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has fought back against an employer push to use the budget’s cost-of-living relief to lower this year’s minimum wage increase.
- David Marin-Guzman
Countries wooing corporate digital nomads hope to make them stay
More countries have introduced a form of digital nomad visa since the pandemic increased demand from employees to “work from anywhere”.
- Emma Agyemang
Why office worker Courtney became a tradie after watching The Block
Courtney Gibney wanted a hands-on job that didn’t involve sitting at a desk all day. The job security of being a licensed electrician fit the bill.
- Euan Black
Bosses say budget assistance justifies smaller minimum wage increase
Employers have invoked former union chief Bill Kelty to back a moderate pay rise, saying budget relief ensures low-paid workers’ disposable income will rise.
- David Marin-Guzman
Company has rare win over work bans that jacked up its power bill
Agribusiness giant Manildra has won orders to stop Endeavour Energy workers’ long-running industrial action after arguing it would cost millions of dollars in extra electricity costs.
- Updated
- David Marin-Guzman
Westpac brings back time sheets for salaried staff up to $140k
Time recording for high-earners is becoming the new norm in the finance sector as firms guard against underpayments from excessive overtime. But some white-collar workers “hate it”.
- David Marin-Guzman
CFMEU blockade ‘drives up costs’ on state project
An allegedly illegal CFMEU blockade has cost a Queensland infrastructure project $300,000 and will cause weeks of delays, according to the principal contractor.
- David Marin-Guzman
Why it’s harder to sack bad workers
HR managers say they are finding it increasingly difficult to dismiss employees even when they have fair and valid reasons because of provisions protecting staff who exercise workplace rights.
- Euan Black
The union movement is about to break into Aldi
Aldi’s long history of non-union pay deals has been disrupted as workers reject the supermarket giant’s offer for the first time in decades.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Exclusive
- Workplace
Grant Thornton adopts nine-day fortnight, but staff have to earn it
The accounting firm’s year-long trial coincided with record productivity, employee retention and profits.
- Euan Black
Aged care providers back delaying pay rises
Aged care employers have supported the government’s proposal to phase-in aged care pay rises, clashing with unions who are demanding the full rise by July 1.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Opinion
- Domestic violence
Domestic violence is also a workplace issue
Governments should take the lead on the problem, but other groups can do more, including employers. Companies can achieve much more than many imagine.
- Pilita Clark
CFMEU in ‘open defiance’ of the law: judges
Federal Court judges said the CFMEU “simply regards itself as free to disobey the law” and 25 years of fines have done nothing to stop it.
- David Marin-Guzman
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