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Employee casualisation has become a hot-button topic in the 2022 election campaign, following claims by Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese of an increasingly casual workforce.

After running through Labor's broad plan at the National Press Club, Chalmers said a Labor government would focus on "boosting the resilience of small business".

The employee was dismissed after making a series of posts to his Facebook page that were considered offensive, derogatory and inconsistent with his employer's values and policies.

The cost of living and job security has worsened under the Morrison government, a new survey of working Australian women has found.

What are your legal rights and obligations if your staff choose to strike over a lack of free rapid antigen tests? Two legal experts weigh in.

The Business Council of Australia and the Australian Council of Trade Unions have released a joint statement opposing employer mandates.

Small business associations and employer groups continue to argue over the failed outcome of the industrial relations omnibus bill, which passed the Senate last month.

McKenzie says conflict and zero-compromise behaviours must be relegated to pre-COVID IR history, where they belong.

COSBOA and the ACTU are jointly supporting changes to the retail award, which will allow more than 1 million part-time employees to work extra shifts without receiving penalty rates.

Workers in Victoria who need to self-isolate because they have coronavirus will be able to access paid pandemic leave in the form of a $1500 ‘disaster payment’ provided by the federal government. 

The increase will see wages for Australia's lowest-paid workers increase to $753.80 per week, or $19.84 per hour. But the bump will be staggered.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week proposed a new deal in industrial relations, bringing together the government, employers and unions.