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Australia's answer to Silicon Valley are tech clusters

Australia's answer to Silicon Valley are tech clusters

Top tech innovators are scattered through 96 "tech clusters", a report reveals, including four major hubs expected to create the jobs of tomorrow.

Calls for clarity after workplace law change confusion

Calls for clarity after workplace law change confusion

Calls for clarity after workplace law change confusion

Calls for clarity after workplace law change confusion

Pressure is building on the government to release key details about proposed changes to employment laws as businesses raise concerns over the policy.

Health workers divided as NSW pay fights heat up

Health workers divided as NSW pay fights heat up

Health workers divided as NSW pay fights heat up

Health workers divided as NSW pay fights heat up

A deal to deliver 70,000 NSW health workers a $3500 pay rise has narrowly won the support of union members as other unions plot their own wage battles.

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Construction union urges speedy ban of stone benchtops

Construction union urges speedy ban of stone benchtops

While a union ban on engineered stone benchtops is set to kick in within months, the head of the CFMEU wants the federal government to act sooner.

Union wants super profits tax to pay for social housing

Union wants super profits tax to pay for social housing

A union boss is challenging the federal government to think big and slap a super profits tax on big businesses to pay for social housing.

Casual workers offered path to permanent job security

Casual workers offered path to permanent job security

Thousands of casual employees will have the right to become permanent workers under legal changes to close an employment loophole.

Workers' experience not targeted in same pay law: Burke

Workers' experience not targeted in same pay law: Burke

The employment minister has hit back at businesses that claim new laws would mean rookie workers would be paid the same as someone with a decade of experience.

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One in three media women are thinking about quitting

One in three media women are thinking about quitting

One in three media women are thinking about quitting

One in three media women are thinking about quitting

Women in media are calling for better pay and career progress as a survey shows one in three are considering quitting their jobs in the industry.

NAB staff secure better pay, working from home rights

NAB staff secure better pay, working from home rights

NAB staff secure better pay, working from home rights

NAB staff secure better pay, working from home rights

NAB staff will have specific working from home rights as part of an enterprise agreement to be struck, which includes pay rises totalling 17.5 per cent.

BHP lodges High Court appeal on public holiday ruling

BHP lodges High Court appeal on public holiday ruling

BHP lodges High Court appeal on public holiday ruling

BHP lodges High Court appeal on public holiday ruling

BHP will seek to overturn a requirement for workers to be asked if they want to work public holidays before they are rostered on.

Union takes Commonwealth Bank to Fair Work on WFH rules

Union takes Commonwealth Bank to Fair Work on WFH rules

Union takes Commonwealth Bank to Fair Work on WFH rules

Union takes Commonwealth Bank to Fair Work on WFH rules

The Finance Sector Union is going to the Fair Work Commission over a Commonwealth Bank edict for staff to return to the office instead of working from home.

Gender pay gap is lower in commonwealth public service

Gender pay gap is lower in commonwealth public service

Gender pay gap is lower in commonwealth public service

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.

Underpaid Taronga Zoo casuals get $2.6m in back pay

Underpaid Taronga Zoo casuals get $2.6m in back pay

Underpaid Taronga Zoo casuals get $2.6m in back pay

Underpaid Taronga Zoo casuals get $2.6m in back pay

Taronga Zoo's chief executive says he is "deeply sorry" after a review found casual maintenance workers had been underpaid through a new payroll system.

Qantas ditches heels, endorses make-up for all staff

Qantas ditches heels, endorses make-up for all staff

Qantas ditches heels, endorses make-up for all staff

Qantas ditches heels, endorses make-up for all staff

A uniform update at national carrier Qantas has been welcomed by unions as the airline relaxes some of its strict presentation rules.

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'We have to act': Pacific worker scheme shift defended

Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke says changes to the Pacific labour scheme will improve conditions for workers and prevent exploitation.

New workers' bargaining scheme gets first big test

Workplace laws allowing employees from rival businesses to team up during negotiations have come into effect and one group of workers is wasting no time.

Labor's 'same job, same pay' policy is unfair: business

Groups representing some of Australia's biggest employers are gathering to oppose the next phase of the federal government's industrial relations reforms.

NSW health workers take action over stalled pay rises

Paramedics and heath workers at some NSW hospitals will walk off the job this week as the Health Services Union ramps up pressure for pay rises.

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Minister slams BHP criticism of same job, same pay law

Tony Burke says it's unbelievable mining giant BHP has already put a dollar figure on what same job, same pay laws would cost before the legislation is written.

Labor says gig worker reforms won't capture tradies

A fight is brewing over the Albanese government's next crop of workplace reforms as the business community starts sounding alarm bells.

Resilient labour market tipped to stick around

The treasurer has been spruiking strong jobs growth that's expected to linger even as the economy cools.

Push for rise in wages, more workplace changes flagged

Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke said the government would work to ensure wages kept up with inflation as he flagged upcoming labour hire reform.

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