Ex-Fair Work vice-president Michael Lawler sues ABC over Four Corners ‘deceit’

Ex-Fair Work vice-president Michael Lawler sues ABC over Four Corners ‘deceit’

Mr Lawler alleges he was misled by reporter Caro Meldrum-Hanna about the content of the program before he participated in interviews in 2015.

  • byGeorgina Mitchell

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How weekend brinkmanship led to shutdown of Sydney’s rail network

How weekend brinkmanship led to shutdown of Sydney’s rail network

It was to be the day on which Sydney fully reopened to the world. Instead,tens of thousands of commuters were left stranded after the city’s rail network was shut down.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan andTom Rabe
‘Untenable’:Lentil as Anything chain to shut down amid financial woes

‘Untenable’:Lentil as Anything chain to shut down amid financial woes

Social enterprise Lentil as Anything will go out of business by the end of month amid deep financial problems and allegations of mismanagement.

  • byBen Schneiders
Chapel Street nightspots face prosecution over alleged workplace breaches

Chapel Street nightspots face prosecution over alleged workplace breaches

The wages watchdog is taking legal action against companies and individuals behind a string of bars in the trendy strip.

  • byCassandra Morgan
Top Brisbane school owes coaches,coordinators almost $2.5 million

Top Brisbane school owes coaches,coordinators almost $2.5 million

A non-government school with two campuses in south-east Queensland underpaid staff for more than eight years.

  • bySean Parnell
Watchdog takes Coles to court over $108 million in unpaid wages

Watchdog takes Coles to court over $108 million in unpaid wages

The Fair Work Ombudsman claims Coles massively underpaid some staff,with one worker allegedly owed almost $500,000.

  • byNick Bonyhady
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‘Topping comes with a fly as a bonus’:Bubble tea chain under fire over wages,ingredients
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‘Topping comes with a fly as a bonus’:Bubble tea chain under fire over wages,ingredients

A national bubble tea chain is in the sights of two federal watchdogs,with the most serious complaints alleging it sourced supplies contaminated with flies and small insects.

  • byJessica Yun andNick Bonyhady
UWA to scrap sociology,elite professors after win at Fair Work Commission

UWA to scrap sociology,elite professors after win at Fair Work Commission

Despite promoting the successes of its sociology professors,the university will scrap the major and cut those jobs.

  • byAja Styles
‘A foregone conclusion’:The ‘fatal’ decisions over UWA’s sociology axing to get tested
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‘A foregone conclusion’:The ‘fatal’ decisions over UWA’s sociology axing to get tested

The University of Western Australia will front a Fair Work Commission hearing on Wednesday over its alleged “grossly insufficient” consultation that led to its sociology discipline being axed and its staff made redundant.

  • byAja Styles
Underpayments bill balloons to record $148 million last year

Underpayments bill balloons to record $148 million last year

The figure is five times the amount recovered by the federal wages watchdog just three years earlier and points to widespread pay problems.

  • byNick Bonyhady
Wages watchdog claims CBA ‘knowingly’ breached pay rules

Wages watchdog claims CBA ‘knowingly’ breached pay rules

Fair Work Ombudsman Sandra Parker said the bank’s conduct led to thousands of employees being financially disadvantaged for years.

  • byNick Bonyhady andClancy Yeates