The NSW government has made the offer of free train travel in a bid to pressure the rail union to drop work bans.
Victoria’s building industry is facing a potential shutdown that would put more pressure on Big Build projects.
Business titans said the rising populist tone in public debate is a danger to the economy as they faced Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at a high-powered event on Tuesday night.
The PM has gone on the offensive in a growing row with big business,saying his government has “stood up for some of Australia’s biggest employers”.
The government is standing by its centrepiece workplace reforms even as the Business Council of Australia unleashes a fresh assault on its workplace agenda.
And making a hash of plating up.
So intense has the standoff between BHP and the Albanese government become that the parties are even contesting who started the fight.
Women are voting with their feet in a move to flexible full-time rather than traditional part-time work,a significant snapshot of Australian workplaces reveals.
A judge has criticised chief executive Andrew Johnson’s management style,while current and former staff claim they were gagged over climate change.
Staff have voted to take protected industrial action after negotiations with management over its latest pay deal hit an impasse.
Community and Public Sector Union national secretary Melissa Donnelly said the new right-to-disconnect laws align with the push for federal parliament to be a more inclusive.