Friday set to be year’s top “sickie” day
With a working day sandwiched between the weekend and a public holiday, Friday is expected to be the most popular day to “chuck a sickie” this year.
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‘Stressful’: Pay rise Aussies need revealed
The country’s cost of living crisis isn’t fading away any time soon after inflation still remained high, leaving people scrambling to find more money.
Doctors win ‘landmark’ $230m payout
A class action brought on behalf of junior doctors in one state has ended with the largest underpayment settlement in Australia.
Fashion brand slammed for safety U-turn
A major Australian discount retailer has decided not to sign an international accord on factory safety and a women’s rights group is up in arms.
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Pollies learn of their $200k payday on TV
POLITICIANS’ salaries just got fatter. Federal MPs have tried to justify yet another pay rise for themselves, saying they had nothing to do with it.
Uni rocked by employee sex tape
A “PRIVATE video” allegedly involving a high-ranking employee and a student is rocking a university after it was posted to a porn website.
If you work here, here’s a payrise
IF YOU work in these three industries, good news — it looks like you’re getting a pay rise. For everyone else, tough luck.
Sacked for offensive Yelp reviews
A UNIVERSITY dean has been sacked after posting scathing Yelp reviews referring to “white trash” and “low class” people.
Bank boss’s hard partying lifestyle
CEO elite Sydney investment bank is under scrutiny following split from his wife, who has told a court he forced her to watch porn for bedroom tips.
Coffee Club fined $180k for illegal scheme
A FORMER Coffee Club operator has been fined more than $180,000 for forcing an overseas worker to pay back $18,000 in wages in cash.
What the office of the future looks like
THIS office of the future has been hailed as “straight out of science fiction”, with technology aimed at putting an end to one annoying gripe.
Creepy catch behind $84,000 job offer
A COUPLE looking for a live-in nanny is offering a generous salary of $84,000 a year, but there’s a terrifying catch.
Meet Australia’s youngest CEO
ALI Kitinas is a real life Doogie Howser of the business world. She’s so successful her own mum works for her.
Uber exec quits over sexism scandal
UBER’S crisis of culture has deepened after co-founder David Bonderman left the troubled company and CEO Travis Kalanick took an indefinite leave of absence.
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