Since the 1980s, Australia, like many industrialised countries, has experienced rising inequality and growing concentration of income, wealt…
Since the 1980s, Australia, like many industrialised countries, has experienced rising inequality and growing concentration of income, wealt…
A push by unions to guarantee the right of workers to return to work part-time or on reduced hours after taking parental leave will “immed…
Australian governments have failed to address continued failings in the apprenticeship system, which exacerbates the skills shortage facing …
The Fair Work Commission has said yesterday’s minimum wage increase was lower than it would have been due to the impending increase in the s…
Shortly, the Fair Work Commission will announce their decision on the minimum wage for 2013. This will be based on its own research and b…
Small business will be slammed by three cost increases in the new financial year: An increase in the minimum wage, another 0.25% rise in sup…
The level of casual employment has remained steady over the past decade and more people are abandoning working for themselves in order to se…
The business community has welcomed a decision by the Fair Work Commission to block recommendations from trade unions relating to public hol…
The Australian Council of Trade Unions is continuing its push for the minimum wage rate of workers to be upped to $636.40 a week, an increas…
The Greens have introduced a bill into Parliament that would allow casual workers to request a move to full-time employment, with business g…
Unions are pushing for changes to Fair Work legislation that would see large businesses take more responsibility for contractors and staff f…
The business community has criticised a bill requiring companies that receive taxpayer-funded assistance or win government contracts to meet…
