A New Jersey woman has taken to Tiktok to share her company’s bizarre request before a work trip overseas. “My company is not only asking us to share a room with a colleague on our upcoming trip to Paris, but to share a bed,” co.letter said in a video onContinue Reading
Thousands of current and former Optus retail consultants and store managers will be paid out more than $7.8m after the company admitted it had been underpaying workers. On Friday. the Fair Work Ombudsman announced the telco had signed an enforceable undertaking to repay more than 3700 staff members employed betweenContinue Reading
A prominent community leader was “cultivated” over many years by the Chinese government to influence politics in Australia, a jury has been urged to find. Melbourne businessman Di Sanh ‘Sunny’ Duong is facing trial in Victoria’s County Court on a single charge or preparing or planning to exert foreign influenceContinue Reading
A $37,450 donation to the Royal Melbourne Hospital is at the centre of an alleged plot to curry Chinese influence in Australia’s political establishment, a court has been told. The motives of prominent Australian-Chinese community leader Di Sanh Duong, also known as Sunny, are under examination in the Victorian CountyContinue Reading
Commonwealth Bank Australia (CBA) is set to slash over 250 positions across its consumer and business banking units, just weeks after it was revealed another financial institution axed 751 jobs. The bank is the latest company to make staff cuts, with roles in the service and IT departments in theContinue Reading
One of the big four banks – National Australia Bank – has agreed to pay rises of up to 17.5 per cent over four years and enshrined work from home rights, in a watershed deal that could set a precedent for other banks. All 25,000 employees, including senior managers, willContinue Reading
CommBank is facing an eleventh-hour challenge to its return-to-office order, with the union asking the Fair Work Commission to “intervene”. The bank has ordered its 49,000 employees back into the office at least 50 per cent of the time from next Monday, July 17, leaving many disgruntled after years ofContinue Reading
Westpac’s chief executive has weighed in on the work-from-home controversy with a subtle dig at rival CommBank. Last week, CommBank sparked an internal revolt after ordering staff back to the office at least 50 per cent of the time, with employees lashing out at management during an internal town hallContinue Reading
CommBank is being accused of “hypocrisy” after ordering staff back to the office, stressing the importance of face-to-face interactions — even as it closes branches and forces customers online. With the nation’s largest bank facing a staff revolt over the working from home crackdown, many online pointed out the irony.Continue Reading
Weight loss empire Jenny Craig will reportedly close down its operations “due to its inability to secure additional financing”. According to a leaked staff email seen by NBC News, the company will close down after four decades as an industry leader, with many employees set to work their final dayContinue Reading