Millions of Australians could be granted the right to request to work from home should a bold plan from the peak union body be adopted. The Australian Council of Trade Unions want the overhaul so employers would only be able to refuse work from home requests on reasonable grounds andContinue Reading
Skyrocketing supermarket prices and surging airfares have been examined in a union-backed inquiry into allegations of price-gouging by business. The nation’s peak union body, the Australian Council of Trade Unions, is currently conducting the probe which is led by former competition tsar professor Allan Fels. Fels was the inaugural chairContinue 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
Millions of Australians could receive a seven per cent wage boost should a bold proposal from the peak union body be adopted. The Australian Council of Trade Unions have urged the Fair Work Commission to lift the minimum hourly rate for lowest paid workers from $21.38 an hour to $22.88Continue Reading
Australians are working six weeks of unpaid overtime on average every year and missing out on more than $8000 in pay as a result, new research has found. The Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work has found unpaid overtime is costing the workforce $92bn each year – roughly the sameContinue Reading