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Learning digital skills helping migrants with job hunt

Learning digital skills helping migrants with job hunt

Opportunities are opening up for refugee and migrant women to integrate into Australian society with help from a charity teaching digital literacy skills.

Small businesses to get larger slice of economic pie

Small businesses to get larger slice of economic pie

Small businesses to get larger slice of economic pie

Small businesses to get larger slice of economic pie

Chris Minns is keen to see small businesses get a larger slice of the NSW government economic pie and is making it easier for them to win government contracts.

Chevron workers endorse pay deal and claim victory

Chevron workers endorse pay deal and claim victory

Chevron workers endorse pay deal and claim victory

Chevron workers endorse pay deal and claim victory

Chevron workers in Western Australia have voted to endorse a series of proposed enterprise agreements after months of negotiations and industrial action.

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BHP workers threaten strike action over pay dispute

BHP workers threaten strike action over pay dispute

A union representing hundreds of train drivers at BHP’s WA iron ore mining operations say workers have voted to start industrial action amid a pay dispute.

WA premier 'disappointed' Alcoa could close refinery

WA premier 'disappointed' Alcoa could close refinery

Western Australia's premier is "disappointed" US giant Alcoa told investors it could close an alumina refinery near Perth after assuring government it wouldn't.

Chevron workers endorse agreements, strike averted

Chevron workers endorse agreements, strike averted

Chevron workers in West Australian gas plants have approved a series of draft enterprise agreements rather than go ahead with a planned strike.

Dairy workers walk off the job over pay, conditions

Dairy workers walk off the job over pay, conditions

More than 1400 workers demanding improved wages and conditions are walking off the job at 13 sites across Victoria.

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V/Line security guards claim they're being underpaid

V/Line security guards claim they're being underpaid

V/Line security guards claim they're being underpaid

V/Line security guards claim they're being underpaid

Security guards contracted to work for V/Line allege they have been paid eight per cent below the award rate, which places them below minimum wage.

Pilot strike at Qantas subsidiary to hit fly-in workers

Pilot strike at Qantas subsidiary to hit fly-in workers

Pilot strike at Qantas subsidiary to hit fly-in workers

Pilot strike at Qantas subsidiary to hit fly-in workers

WA travellers and fly-in fly-out workers are expected to be delayed when pilots strike for a full day as they negotiate an enterprise agreement.

Almond grower underpaid staff by more than $500,000

Almond grower underpaid staff by more than $500,000

Almond grower underpaid staff by more than $500,000

Almond grower underpaid staff by more than $500,000

Brownport Almonds failed to pay close to 200 workers correctly across a five-year period, an investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman has uncovered.

Price-setting 'missing' in the inflation story: Fels

Price-setting 'missing' in the inflation story: Fels

Price-setting 'missing' in the inflation story: Fels

Price-setting 'missing' in the inflation story: Fels

Former competition watchdog chair Allan Fels is scrutinising the connection between corporate price setting and profits and current high inflation.

School cleaners in limbo after call to wind up contract

School cleaners in limbo after call to wind up contract

School cleaners in limbo after call to wind up contract

School cleaners in limbo after call to wind up contract

A decision to end a major government contract has thrust school cleaners into job uncertainty, with a union saying it shows "everything wrong" with the system.

Drivers put the brakes on trams over pay dispute

Drivers put the brakes on trams over pay dispute

Drivers put the brakes on trams over pay dispute

Drivers put the brakes on trams over pay dispute

Adelaide's tram drivers will strike for 24 hours on Tuesday in a continuing campaign for a pay rise.

Half of migrant, refugee women workers face harassment

Half of migrant, refugee women workers face harassment

Half of migrant, refugee women workers face harassment

Half of migrant, refugee women workers face harassment

Race or religion are the main motivations for sexual harassment against migrant and refugee women in the workplace, a national survey has found.

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Farmers eye revolutionary jab amid shearing shortage

An injection that provides an alternative to shearing could be available to wool producers within three to five years, according to Australian researchers.

Uni staff to strike for a week as pay fight escalates

University of Melbourne staff will walk off the job for a week as long-running pay talks stall and a union calls on management to address its concerns.

Victorian paramedics caught up in intranet data breach

The Victorian Ambulance Union says the state's paramedics cannot trust their employer after the staff intranet site was compromised again.

From Raider to sparky, NRL star leads tradie treechange

Former Raiders and St George Illawarra player Josh McCrone has found a new life as a sparky in rural NSW, as Australian tradies consider leaving the capitals.

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Skills week an olive branch to change in career pace

If work has got you down and the daily grind is feeling bleak, an olive branch and new profession is being offered ahead of national skills week.

Nation-leading clinic helps hundreds with silicosis

A respiratory clinic in Melbourne will remain open for another three years to ensure support for workers diagnosed with an incurable lung disease.

'That is progress': optimism as wages climb again

Workers feeling the pinch amid inflationary pressures may finally be experiencing some relief, with wage growth catching up to a key cost of living measure.

Ex-discrimination chief heads arts workplace council

Former sex discrimination commissioner Kate Jenkins will lead a council to lift workplace standards across the arts industry.

Pacific workers set to gain new government benefits

Pacific engagement visa holders could soon be given financial support to attend university, under new laws introduced to parliament.

Taxpayers footed bill for public servants' funerals

A public sector organisation misused taxpayer money to cover at least $30,000 in funeral and memorial expenses for staff, the Victorian Ombudsman has revealed.

Unions and lawyers demand protection of migrant workers

Unions, lawyers and migrant rights groups are urging the federal government to create a workplace justice visa for exploited migrant workers.

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