Pizza Hut drivers ‘paid as little as $5.70’
A SWEEPING audit of Pizza Hut has uncovered “widespread” exploitation of young delivery drivers, including underpayment and sham contracting.
At Work
What unlimited annual leave is really like
IT SOUNDS like a dream. Working for a company that offers unlimited holidays, where you could have a long weekend every week. But it’s not that simple.
Aussie women have it so much worse
AT KATRINA’S company conference the CEO put up a raunchy video and didn’t think anything of it. That never would have happened in America.
Workers don’t just want more pay
WHETHER you’re cleaning the toilets or sitting in the boardroom, this one thing will always matter more than your pay.
Is this Australia’s most honest cop?
A SYDNEY police officer who performed a breath test on himself after a big night and was found to be over the alcohol limit has been fined.
The $50m post-Aussie Day sickie
THINKING about chucking a cheeky sickie on Friday to have a four-day weekend? You’re not alone, but there’s a massive cost.
Unpaid internships ‘modern day slavery’
UNPAID internships are the equivalent of “modern day slavery” according to young graduates, as they feel more pressure to do them just to secure a job.
How to earn more for less work
IMAGINE a permanent four-day weekend. For this Sydney firm, it’s a reality — and experts say the 20-hour work week is the future.
Should you masturbate at work?
SHOULD wank breaks become the new smoke breaks? Yes, according to experts — and lots of people are already doing it.
Apprentice ‘burnt with an ice pipe’
SHOCKING workplace bullying allegations against a Melbourne electrician could land the sparky in jail for up to ten years.
Workers ‘forced to watch’ child porn
TWO Microsoft workers who claim they were told to take “walks and smoke breaks” to deal with the stress of watching child porn are suing the company.
Shadowy history of Trump dirt file
DONALD Trump is mad about it and social media is frothing over it. Here’s how the damaging dossier came to light.
Huge invasion of privacy to get a job
“AS I pulled down my pants, I felt reluctantly exposed. I was asked to wee in a cup while a man in rubber gloves stood close enough to listen,” Aussie Clare Rawlinson writes.
Suit and tie stripped from dress code
THINK it’s hot in Australia? In Sri Lanka, the weather is so sticky that the government has officially abandoned suits and ties.
Why you should snooze on the job
GEORGE Costanza was right. Bosses may frown on workers slipping under the desk for a quick nap — but they may thank you in the long run.
End of office life as we know it?
AVERAGE cakes and awkward songs are part of office life, now health professionals are calling for an end to “cake culture”. Here’s why.
Centrelink debacle gets even worse
THOUSANDS of Australians have been wrongly told they are in debt by Centrelink. The government denies there’s even a problem.
Your career as you know it is over
WE ARE moving towards a “post-work economy”, according to futurists, and mass unemployment is going to present some serious challenges.
Is this the end of out of work emails?
EVER checked your work email when you’re at home? Or scrolled through a few messages from the boss out of hours? In France, that’s no longer OK.
Student advice: Enrol before you go
YEAR 12 graduates planning a gap year before starting university should enrol in a course and defer studying or risk being caught by higher fees.
No getting away from office emails
IF YOU think holidays are a chance to switch off and tune out, think again as greater connectivity means work is intruding anywhere, anytime.
The death of the out-of-office
THE out-of-office email is fast becoming redundant as work and personal lives blend and smart phones intrude on recreational time.
CEO quits after ‘death by overwork’
THE boss of Japan’s biggest ad company has resigned after an employee who worked excessive overtime killed herself.
Why it pays to work Christmas Day
NOT everybody gets to spend Christmas Day eating and drinking with loved ones — but given there’s good money to make, not everybody is complaining, either.
Why Google ‘spies’ on employees
GOOGLE could be facing more than $5 billion in damages over claims it operated an “Orwellian and illegal” spying program on its own employees.
AusPost backs down over postie ban
AUSTRALIA Post was flooded with complaints and accused of killing Christmas spirit last week. They’ve had a sudden change of heart.
‘Baby Boomers will take earth with them’
A GEN Z entrepreneur says it’s the older generations who’ve had it easiest, and they’re pulling the ladder up after themselves.
‘She was minced, only her legs were left’
A RUSSIAN factory worker died after she fell into a giant mixer filled with boiling chocolate and couldn’t get out. WARNING: Graphic
5 signs your boss doesn’t like you
THERE are five easy ways to tell how your boss feels about you. But wait a moment before you start obsessing over them.
Angry worker’s ultimate reply-all email
SO MANY of us have fantasised about telling our bosses exactly what we think of them — now one man has done it, in the best reply-all email ever.
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