A bitter bill dispute has resulted in legal action after a business owner left 26 mattresses on a customer’s driveway when they refused to pay an invoice they thought was too much. According to a claim lodged in the Victoria Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Melbourne man Jarrod Maultby contacted aContinue Reading
Australian workers perform 1.5 hours of unpaid overtime every day – amounting to a $21,000 “gift” to their bosses every year – with many working through lunch breaks and putting in extra unclaimed weekend hours. A new report from Unions NSW uncovered the wild figures in a wide-ranging survey ofContinue Reading
With a mountain of debt looming over the Victorian budget, the government has directed help to families with young kids but pushed back election promises. Workforce shortages have delayed the rollout of free kinder and mental health hubs, but a $700m shared-equity scheme to help people buy homes has beenContinue Reading
Sweeping new workplace laws set to pass parliament on Thursday will give millions of casual workers greater rights to full-time work and allow staff the right to ignore their bosses after hours. Labor’s Closing Loopholes bill is expected to pass parliament after the federal government brokered deals with key senateContinue Reading
Sweeping new workplace laws set to pass parliament on Thursday will give millions of casual workers greater rights to full-time work and allow staff the right to ignore their bosses after hours. Labor’s Closing Loopholes bill is expected to pass parliament after the federal government brokered deals with key senateContinue Reading
Summer fruit and Christmas seafood favourites are about to soar in price, as flooding rains in Queensland devastate farmers and disrupt the harvest season. Record-breaking rainfall has drenched Far North Queensland, with 2000mm of water in some towns and Cooktown receiving the heaviest downpour in more than a century. QueenslandContinue Reading
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has refused to comment on reports a fifth former immigration detainee, released into the community after last month’s landmark High Court decision, had been arrested. A former Sudanese child soldier was arrested in Queensland on Thursday after it was realised there was a warrant to returnContinue Reading
Average prices for Uber’s rideshare and delivery services could rise by up to 85 per cent as a result of the Albanese government’s proposed shake-up to workplace rules, the company has claimed. As the Senate mulls proposed legislation that will enable the Fair Work Commission to set minimum standards andContinue Reading
Peak unions have called on the federal government to widen its sweeping workplace law changes to secure greater job security and more pay for millions of casual workers. Australia’s top unions appeared during a hearing into the government’s contentious workplace law changes in Perth on Friday. In its submissions, bothContinue Reading
A big boost in pay and job security is coming for thousands of casual workers. The Victorian Government’s new Sick Pay Guarantee has today been expanded, with hundreds of casual workers now eligible for up to 38 hours a year of sick and carer’s pay. The $245.7m policy, an Australian-firstContinue Reading