Unions warn working from home not a panacea for flexibility

Unions warn working from home not a panacea for flexibility

The Fair Work Commission is looking at whether working-from-home protections can be applied to millions of workers. But unions say there’s more than one way to offer flexibility.

  • byAngus Thompson

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Unions want right to approach non-members at work in bid to bolster numbers

Unions want right to approach non-members at work in bid to bolster numbers

Union delegates would have the right to approach colleagues to recruit them rather than just represent their interests if an ACTU submission to the Fair Work Commission is adopted.

  • byAngus Thompson
Lesson in inequity

Lesson in inequity

Whether it is Scottish castle libraries,plunge pools,executive trips to Henley regattas or the latest comparison between the obscene amount of money spent by a few private schools on capital works and entire state school funding,it is clear that the current funding model is failing students.

Union boss invokes slavery,oppression and water slides in Instagram attack on Dubai

Union boss invokes slavery,oppression and water slides in Instagram attack on Dubai

Days after accusing Dubai without evidence of trying to bully the government into intervening in the wage dispute,Sally McManus appeared in a video to talk about human rights.

  • byAngus Thompson
Pallas protest:Vic treasurer wants Burke’s union bargaining laws wound back

Pallas protest:Vic treasurer wants Burke’s union bargaining laws wound back

The Victorian treasurer argues in a letter to the workplace minister that the “no less favourable test” in the new IR bill will lead to protracted disputes.

  • byAngus Thompson
ACTU accuses Dubai royals of trying to bully Albanese government

ACTU accuses Dubai royals of trying to bully Albanese government

The ACTU’s Sally McManus said Dubai’s royal family wanted to pressure the federal government not to stand by working people in the dispute on Australia’s ports.

  • byAngus Thompson
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Engineered stone review puts total ban on the table

Engineered stone review puts total ban on the table

Sources say one option put forward by the Safe Work Australia report,expected to be released on Friday,is an all-out ban of the product.

  • byAngus Thompson
Employers exposing workers to deadly silica dust to face 10-year jail terms

Employers exposing workers to deadly silica dust to face 10-year jail terms

The NSW government is doubling penalties for operators using the deadly silica stone benches without providing adequate safety protection for workers.

  • byMax Maddison
‘Deaths will be on you’:Truckie turned to meth to meet demands

‘Deaths will be on you’:Truckie turned to meth to meet demands

Robert Ireland told politicians more deaths would be on their heads if they blocked legislation to give minimum standards to road transport workers.

  • byAngus Thompson
Are higher prices fair or are we being gouged? Fels launches inquiry

Are higher prices fair or are we being gouged? Fels launches inquiry

Skyrocketing grocery prices,higher energy bills and soaring airfares will all go under the microscope of Professor Allan Fels in an inquiry launching on Thursday.

  • byRachel Clun
Almost $1 billion a year could be added to gig economy,labour-hire wage bill under IR changes

Almost $1 billion a year could be added to gig economy,labour-hire wage bill under IR changes

Rideshare drivers and food deliverers are expected to receive an extra $400 million a year,while wages in the labour-hire sector could rise by $510 million annually,detail in the bill shows.

  • byAngus Thompson