More than 2.6m Aussie workers will receive at least an additional $33.10 a week from July 1, the workplace umpire has ruled. The order, handed down by the Fair Work Commission on Monday, will increase award and minimum wages by 3.75 per cent, with the national minimum wage set toContinue Reading
Thousands of Woolworths employees will get a four-day week if the peak union secures a proposed agreement with the supermarket. Under a new addition to the latest enterprise agreement, workers would be able to complete their 38-hour workload over four days – resulting in 9.5 hour shifts. More likely thanContinue Reading
The Albanese government has backed a real wage increase for the country’s “low-paid” workers, but it will be up to the industrial umpire to determine exactly who such an employee is. In its submission to the Fair Work Commission’s annual wage review — which covers almost 2.9 million award andContinue Reading
Shoppers at supermarkets across the country could be left wanting over the weekend, as hundreds of staff prepare to walk off the job in the first-ever nationwide strike. Employees represented by the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union will stop work from 10am on Saturday for two hours at storesContinue Reading
Australia’s lowest-paid workers will receive a 5.75 per cent pay rise after the industrial umpire decided to lift the minimum wage from $21.38 an hour to $22.61. The Fair Work Commission has handed down the findings of its annual wage review for the estimated 184,000 workers who receive the nationalContinue Reading
Australians earning the minimum wage would get a raise in line with inflation if the national workplace umpire follows Labor’s recommendation. The Albanese government has confirmed it will back a wage increase for Australia’s lowest paid workers that keeps pace with the cost of living for the second year inContinue Reading
If you’ve ever felt that you’re much smarter than your boss, you’re not alone. And now, new research published in the European Sociological Review late last month has finally revealed what many hardworking employees have long suspected – that the top earners might not necessarily be the brightest crayons inContinue Reading