Qantas has agreed to pay compensation to a worker who was stood down and isolated from colleagues after directing others not to clean planes arriving from China early in the COVID-19 pandemic. The airline is set to be fined after being found guilty last year of breaching workplace health and safety laws. Theo Seremetidis, a … Read more
One year after the conclusion of the world’s biggest trial of a four-day work week, a large majority of companies that took part were still allowing employees to work a shorter week and more than half had made the change permanent. For six months between June and December 2022, workers at 61 organisations in the … Read more
New data reveals the Australian jobs in which workers received the biggest wage jumps in 2023. The Wage Price Index (WPI) measures changes in the prices of labour, unaffected by compositional shifts in the labour force, hours worked or employee characteristics. The new data was updated on Wednesday to include information from December last year. … Read more
A NSW man is in a critical condition after he was allegedly assaulted at his workplace in Sydney. The 64-year-old employee was working at a supermarket on Patrick St in Blacktown about 6.30pm on Sunday, when he was allegedly pushed, which caused him to fall over and hit his head on the floor. The employee … Read more
Australia’s jobless rate has lifted to 4.1 per cent in January from 3.9 per cent in December — moving above the 4 per cent threshold for the first time in two years. “With employment remaining stable and the number of unemployed increasing by 22,000 people, the unemployment rate rose to 4.1 per cent in January,” … Read more
A NSW push to poach interstate essential workers has been dismissed by South Australia as a desperate effort to fill the more populous state’s skill “chasms”. The Make the Move Campaign is aimed at boosting the number of essential workers in regional NSW by spotlighting the stories of nurses, police, teachers, firefighters and midwives who … Read more
Major Australian bank Bankwest has announced it will be closing more branches in response to changing customer needs as use of digital banking services grows. The bank, which serves over a million customers across Australia, will be closing two branches — in Maddington in Perth’s southeast and Kununurra near the WA-NT border. The bank previously … Read more
A small plane carrying Rio Tinto workers has crashed on its way to a diamond mine in Canada, “resulting in fatalities”. The mining giant confirmed a small plane was carrying “a number of our people” before it went down near Fort Smith, in the country’s Northwest Territories. The number of people on board and whether … Read more
A Sydney mother trying to re-enter the workforce is “shocked and offended” after a prospective employer declined to hire her due to her age. Maria Nielson applied for a job at a barbershop and made it through to interview stage when she was told the staff member whose job was being advertised had decided to … Read more
A teenage boy has been seriously injured in a fall from scaffolding at a worksite in NSW. The 13-year-old attended the construction site with an adult on December 22. He sustained a serious head injury in the fall and required surgery. SafeWork NSW has cautioned adults about the dangers of taking children to construction sites. … Read more
