Labour Market $5.3m in wage theft across aged care — and that's probably just the start Thirteen of 22 investigated aged care providers broke workplace laws — and the FWO was only looking at a fraction of the sector.
Labour Market Tip for dodgy employers - don’t advertise dodgy jobs Australia's job-ad enforcement programme is catching wage thieves before they hire — but it still depends on victims to make the first move.
Labour Market Union muscle: how industrial disputes turned to intimidation A defence contractor found a tracking device under his car. His dog was taken to the vet. What is the Queensland CFMEU inquiry actually surfacing?
Labour Market Queensland dodges medical officer strike with 91% vote for pay deal A 91.5% yes vote sounds like a formality — but getting there required four months of negotiation and a deliberate choice by both sides.
Labour Market Earnings up $300 a week, but the asterisks matter Australia's wages are up $300 a week — but how much of that is real, and how much is just inflation wearing a pay rise costume?
Labour Market Food delivery workers get minimum hourly pay trade-offs Australia just gave food delivery riders a pay floor — but who pays the price when the bottom rung gets harder to reach?
Labour Market Less people are changing jobs, and that’s bad. Australia's labour market is running at its lowest job-switching rate since 1972 — and the cost isn't showing up where you'd expect.
Labour Market Why Australia's universities are trapped in a wage-cutting spiral Australian universities say the funding crisis came from outside. The structural choices that made it inevitable came from within.
Labour Market Government moves to loosen long service leave for coal miners as industry lobbies for relief Australia's coal miners have an entitlement that follows them from employer to employer — but that design may be creating the very problem it was meant to solve.
Labour Market Higher wages in more industries, but... Why rising wages might be closing doors for those trying to enter the job market
Labour Market The Jobs Market is Resilient but the Structure Behind it Might Not Be Australia's job numbers look impressive—but are they hiding a dangerous weakness in how growth is really happening?