Work
Casual workers just a number to employers?
A Melbourne warehouse has caused controversy, after it was revealed that casual workers are being made to wear barcodes. The......
Isobel Redmond causes uproar over sexual discrimination comments
Ever faced sexual discrimination in the work place? Just ignore it and get on with the job. That is the......
Minimum wage rise debate muddied by unclear arguments
The Australian Council of Trade Unions has gone before Fair Work Australia to argue their case for a 26 dollar-a-week......
Free labour: Australia’s young workers exploited by employers
Graduates and young workers taken into fields such as law, health, hospitality and hairdressing are being told by employers that......
U.S. workers to plug Australia’s skills gap
The Federal government plans to attract American trade workers to Australia to fill a skills gap, by speeding up the......
A Clean Start for cleaners?
Westfield shopping malls all around the country were under the microscope today, when cleaners and concerned members of the public......
Insecure workers tell their stories
Workers, unions and welfare groups across the country have jumped at the chance to give evidence to an independent inquiry......
Taking Care of Business
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced the creation of a Small Business Commissioner whose office she promises will be a......
WA To Provide Compensation for Stolen Wages
In the early and mid nineteen hundreds, many Indigenous people had their wages withheld by employers and the government, which......
Women pay the price of work flexibility
International Women’s day usually highlights inequality of some kind – yesterday a new report from the International Trade Union Confederation......