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Pay fight for disability staff reaches workplace umpire

Pay fight for disability staff reaches workplace umpire

Disability staff are being underpaid by as much as $9 an hour because they are wrongly classified as carers, unions argue in a case before the workplace umpire.

Commuter chaos on Sydney's light rail as workers strike

Commuter chaos on Sydney's light rail as workers strike

Commuter chaos on Sydney's light rail as workers strike

Commuter chaos on Sydney's light rail as workers strike

All inner-Sydney trams will stop during peak periods from Monday to Friday as workers escalate industrial action for better pay and conditions.

Nurses, midwives to pocket more in major pay win

Nurses, midwives to pocket more in major pay win

Nurses, midwives to pocket more in major pay win

Nurses, midwives to pocket more in major pay win

Thousands of Victorian nurses and midwives will take home at least $365 more a week after accepting a significant pay offer from the state government.

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Ambos have 99 pay meetings, but the deal ain't won

Ambos have 99 pay meetings, but the deal ain't won

Paramedics will escalate industrial action as they implement dozens of new work bans, but patients have been told their safety will be paramount.

Prisoners locked in cells while guards strike over pay

Prisoners locked in cells while guards strike over pay

Hundreds of prisoners in Victoria's largest maximum security jail were locked down after prison officers took industrial action to fight for better pay.

Nurses open beds after pay agreement with government

Nurses open beds after pay agreement with government

Nurses and midwives have suspended escalated industrial action after reaching an in-principle agreement with the Victorian government over pay and conditions.

Land council investigated over worker underpayments

Land council investigated over worker underpayments

Kimberley Land Council has apologised and committed to repaying 630 current and former employees $1.36 million after an audit uncovered underpayments.

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Swinburne casual staff underpaid almost $3 million

Swinburne casual staff underpaid almost $3 million

Swinburne casual staff underpaid almost $3 million

Swinburne casual staff underpaid almost $3 million

Casual staff at Swinburne University who were employed between 2017 to 2023 are owed almost $3 million in unpaid wages.

Longer regional rail strike as dispute deepens

Longer regional rail strike as dispute deepens

Longer regional rail strike as dispute deepens

Longer regional rail strike as dispute deepens

Workers on Victoria's regional rail network will strike for 13 hours on the eve of the Labour Day long weekend as a union ramps up action against V/Line.

Pilot strike 'increasingly difficult' for miners

Pilot strike 'increasingly difficult' for miners

Pilot strike 'increasingly difficult' for miners

Pilot strike 'increasingly difficult' for miners

Regional air passengers and workers face more travel headaches as pilots working for a Qantas subsidiary extend industrial action from three to six days.

Ongoing regional rail strikes could affect Swifties

Ongoing regional rail strikes could affect Swifties

Ongoing regional rail strikes could affect Swifties

Ongoing regional rail strikes could affect Swifties

V/Line workers have kicked off a campaign of ongoing strikes, prompting a warning of significant disruptions on the rail network and heavy traffic on roads.

Nurses take pay battle to Fair Work Commission

Nurses take pay battle to Fair Work Commission

Nurses take pay battle to Fair Work Commission

Nurses take pay battle to Fair Work Commission

Nurses and midwives seeking a pay rise of up to 35 per cent say their work has been undervalued due to most being women.

Underpaid Optus workers get $7.8m in backpay from telco

Underpaid Optus workers get $7.8m in backpay from telco

Underpaid Optus workers get $7.8m in backpay from telco

Underpaid Optus workers get $7.8m in backpay from telco

Telecommunications company Optus will reimburse thousands of current and former employees after underpaying them for six years.

No 'special exception' for ambos on wages: treasurer

No 'special exception' for ambos on wages: treasurer

No 'special exception' for ambos on wages: treasurer

No 'special exception' for ambos on wages: treasurer

Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas says he can't make an exception to the state's public sector wages cap for paramedics, with the union mulling industrial action.

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Police end industrial action but pay dispute continues

Police have called off industrial action after a breakthrough on shift lengths but a dispute about wage issues remains unresolved.

Regional train disruption risk as pay dispute rolls on

Commuters could face travel disruptions as a union threatens to bring the entire regional public transport network to a halt over a pay stand-off.

Lowest paid may be critical to next NSW wages decision

The Greens will seek to amend an industrial relations bill out of concern a wage umpire will place undue weight on state budgets, not household finances.

Police strike threat amid stalled pay negotiations

Victorian police and public service officers could embark on a public campaign against the state government if contract negotiations continue to stall.

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Up to 100,000 KFC workers eligible for class action

Fast food giant KFC has been hit with a class action over allegedly failing to provide paid rest breaks to staff.

WA prison officers accept new pay deal

Nurses remain the final holdouts of the West Australian government's public sector wage negotiations after prison officers accepted a three per cent pay rise.

Fight brews as business digs in over workplace reforms

Business groups have lashed out at "radical" reforms that will grant minimum pay rights to gig workers, claiming the government's proposals will drive up costs.

Almost half of elite athletes 'earn below poverty line'

Australia risks an exodus of top athletes ahead of the Olympics as many buckle under financial pressures and consider quitting, survey results show.

Recycling firm fined for underpaying refugees $200K

The Federal Court has fined a Victorian recycling firm nearly $400,000 for wage theft of five refugees who were underpaid by about $200,000 over a year.

Classroom walkouts floated as pay talks break down

A deal that could make NSW home to the best-paid graduate and top-level teachers in the nation is still on the table but deep divisions have emerged.

Gender pay gap is lower in commonwealth public service

The gender pay gap in the commonwealth public service is half that for the private sector, a snapshot released by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency shows.

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