Big benefit flagged for 250k workers
Up to 250,000 workers in low-paid but essential community jobs could soon be able to access one thing that recognises their commitment despite changing employers.
At Work
Costello quits Nine after airport clash
Former federal treasurer Peter Costello has quit as the chairman of media giant Nine three days after a controversial incident with a journalist.
Data reveals ‘urgent national issue’
New research has exposed the extent of sexual harassment in the retail industry, in what experts have called “an urgent national issue”.
Melbourne boss’s email to staff goes viral
A Melbourne journalist boss’s message to staff has gone viral, igniting a wave of support for something so simple.
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Man’s desperate road side plea for a job
PARKED on a busy street in his wheelchair with a “Work Wanted” sign in hand, one man is going above and beyond to secure a job.
Public servants free to slam government
A TRIBUNAL has ruled that government staffers are legally entitled to criticise their employer online — but there’s a catch.
Exploited worker took rubbish home
A PHARMACY worker who was underpaid the equivalent of 93 weeks’ wages worth $62,000 even took the store’s rubbish home with him.
‘I ate an egg’: Pettiest office spats revealed
PEOPLE are sharing the craziest workplace rows they’ve ever experienced — from fights over smelly lunches to loud typers.
Australia’s hidden crisis at work
THE number of hours many of us are working each week has dropped dramatically — but that’s not a reason to celebrate.
Childcare worker smoked meth ‘on job’
A DAYCARE worker has been accused of building a “drug den” inside a cabinet so she could smoke crystal meth all day at work.
What happened after my letter went viral
CHLOE Chant listened to the news one night and got hugely angry. So she wrote an open letter on her Facebook page.
Worker sacked for sneaky email
THIS is the kind of email you should never send to a manager, as one Westpac employee found out when she lost her job.
Prison officers strike over job cuts
PUBLIC service union claims workers are being put at risk by unsafe conditions and have walked off the job in protest.
Sacked cops claimed mice ate pot stash
WHEN half a ton of marijuana vanished from a police warehouse, officers came up with a ridiculous story to try to get off the hook.
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