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
A newborn baby is fighting for life after a freebirth southwest of Melbourne. A woman in her 20s and an infant were taken to University Hospital Geelong earlier this week, with reports suggesting the pair were from Ocean Grove. “A female in her 20s was transported by road to UniversityContinue Reading
Businesses are being urged to seriously consider shifting to a four-day work week, with the latest research hailing trials of the shorter week a “game changer”. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology’s (RMIT) head of business management Joe Jiang said successful trials in Australia and New Zealand showed benefits for employees,Continue Reading
A heated confrontation has unfolded at a Bunnings store in Melbourne, leaving onlookers startled. The incident showed an agitated man directing a barrage of abuse towards a staff member who he claimed had shouted at his wife. The video footage, shared on social media site TikTok, showed a man, donningContinue Reading
At just 17 years old, fashion-loving Argylica Conditsis took $1000 she had saved from her part-time Pizza Hut job and invested it in her “hobby”. The Sydney teen had a “crazy idea” to sell statement shoes, and began listing them online after embellishing and bedazzling them herself back in 2011.Continue Reading