Lazy workers are licking their lips as the right-to-disconnect laws loom

Lazy workers are licking their lips as the right-to-disconnect laws loom

From next month,protective workplace measures with good intentions will be exploited by slack employees and put hardworking colleagues at risk.

  • byPaul O'Halloran

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State Library cracks down on staff wearing ‘political’ items

State Library cracks down on staff wearing ‘political’ items

Staff have been warned against wearing apparel with pro-Palestine symbols as part of a new dress code.

  • byMeg Watson
Explained:How we compiled detailed data for 1000+ jobs

Explained:How we compiled detailed data for 1000+ jobs

How we built an interactive tour or every job in every suburb – from accountants to zookeepers,doctors,lawyers,shopkeepers and even goat farmers.

  • byCraig Butt
‘Sobering reality’:What the future for Australia’s media giants looks like

‘Sobering reality’:What the future for Australia’s media giants looks like

With mass job cuts across Australia’s largest media companies,is there a way out of the advertising downturn,or is it time to face up to a new normal?

  • byCalum Jaspan
‘A knife through Service NSW’:Senior executives set to be sacked

‘A knife through Service NSW’:Senior executives set to be sacked

The union says it believes 125 jobs are set to be cut in the first of “waves” of redundancy under the changes,which the government says will include executives.

  • byChristopher Harris
‘Thrilled’:Workers claim win after sackings from Black Star Pastry for wearing keffiyehs

‘Thrilled’:Workers claim win after sackings from Black Star Pastry for wearing keffiyehs

The high-end bakery that sacked two baristas for wearing keffiyehs to work has settled the discrimination case under confidential terms. The workers are claiming victory.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
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Nearly half of US firms using AI say goal is to cut staffing costs

Nearly half of US firms using AI say goal is to cut staffing costs

Some 45 per cent of firms surveyed said they had added technology since January 2022 to automate what had once been employees’ tasks.

  • byBrian Delk
Job cuts prompt anger and threat of industrial action at Nine

Job cuts prompt anger and threat of industrial action at Nine

Executives from Nine’s broadcast,publishing and radio divisions are discussing the extent of cuts with staff as the company seeks $30 million in savings.

  • byCalum Jaspan
Hostile to elated:Nurses overwhelmingly approve new pay deal

Hostile to elated:Nurses overwhelmingly approve new pay deal

Victorian nurses and midwives have backed the 28.4 per cent pay rise over four years. The deal ends months of tense talks between their union and the government.

  • byHenrietta Cook
Children’s Health Queensland fined for discriminating against pregnant worker

Children’s Health Queensland fined for discriminating against pregnant worker

The woman claimed she had been discriminated against on the basis of gender and pregnancy when her contract was not extended.

  • byCloe Read
How momentum is growing for workers to get five weeks’ annual leave

How momentum is growing for workers to get five weeks’ annual leave

The ACTU hopes more companies will introduce the extra five days off that could help build a case to the Fair Work Commission for all employers to follow.

  • byOlivia Ireland