Posts tagged "minimum wage"

Amazon workers have walked off the job in Europe to protest pay and conditions on one of the busiest days on the retail calendar.

Amazon has launched a local fashion offer and designers are singing its praises amid a broader shift in the local fashion market that should have legacy retailers worried.

Economic evidence shows conditions for Australian workers have been getting worse as membership numbers in unions have declined.

The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced action against a Crust franchisee, alleging it paid international workers less than Australian colleagues.

Amazon has just voluntarily raised its employees’ minimum wage to US$15 an hour — and given the US federal minimum wage is US$7.25 it is a big shift.

Responding to widespread scrutiny, Amazon has lifted its minimum wage for US and UK workers in a move that will benefit more than 250,000 employees.

From the minimum wage increase to food labelling laws, here are key July 1 legal changes Australian small businesses need to know about.

The full bench of the Fair Work Commission has this morning decided to increase the national minimum wage by 3.5%.

Research from the Reserve Bank of Australia suggests that increasing the minimum wage does not reduce the number of hours Australian employees work, but those in the small business community say things aren't that simple. 

Australian unions are pushing for a sharp increase in the minimum wage, but business and retail associations say dramatically lifting wages …

Lobby groups are continuing to call for the superannuation guarantee to be increased to 12% of a worker’s wages, but a new report from the G…

The nation’s small business ombudsman has hit out at Opposition Leader Bill Shorten’s proposal for Australia to consider increasing the mini…