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Antoinette Lattouf's case against ABC to head to federal court after mediation fails

Earlier this month the Fair Work Commission ruled Ms Lattouf had been sacked by the ABC when she was taken off air part way through a radio presenting stint on ABC Radio Sydney last December.
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'We got breadcrumbs': One of Australia's biggest unions accused of pushing a bad deal for Woolworths workers

Store workers at supermarket giant Woolworths have voted in favour of a new pay and entitlements package, after a union campaign plagued by allegations of "misinformation" and "bad faith bargaining".
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The free document you can download online and use for sick leave

You can now use an online statutory declaration as evidence for personal leave from work, without a JP signature. 
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A sick-looking woman with long brown hair wipes her nose with a tissue while sitting in front of a laptop, talking on a phone.

'I just feel heartbroken': Sacked staff from collapsed airline Bonza chase their entitlements

Hundreds of employees of embattled budget airline Bonza are told their employment has been officially terminated at an online meeting.
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A flight attendant posing inside a plane.

Burnt-out nurses at Victorian hospital say government needs to rebuild broken health system

Bendigo Health remains in a code yellow internal emergency after it couldn't keep up with the number of people attending for treatment, with workers saying Victoria's health system is "struggling", "unprepared", and needs "rebuilding".
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A man outside a hospital.

ABC News staff survey reveals one in four respondents experienced workplace bullying, one in 10 were sexually harassed

A staff survey at ABC News has found bullying is a "pervasive" issue in the workplace, especially for women, who also experience higher rates of sexual harassment at work.
Corporate grey office building and ABC logo

One in five workers are set to get a pay rise. Here's how to check if you will

A pay increase could be coming your way. Here's a breakdown on whether you'll benefit and how much more you could be taking home.  
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analysis:It may not push up interest rates, but Fair Work's award wage rise still leaves workers worse off

The Fair Work Commission has been careful not to trigger another interest rate rise with its latest minimum and award wage increase, but a pay rise barely keeping up with inflation does little to ease the pressure on household budgets either.
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Woman looks at laptop screen, for a story about energy bill shock.

Danielle is one of 2.6 million workers who will receive a pay rise next month

The Fair Work Commission has announced Australia's minimum wage and award wages will increase by 3.75 per cent, taking the national minimum wage to $24.10 per hour or $915.91 per week from July 1.
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A young woman wearing a black shirt and green and yellow gloves cleans a glass sliding door from inside a house.

Journalist Antoinette Lattouf was sacked by ABC, Fair Work Commission finds

Journalist and presenter Antoinette Lattouf was sacked by the ABC when she was taken off air part way through a radio presenting stint, the Fair Work Commission has found.
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Journalist Antoinette Lattouf outside the fair work commission talking to the media

Why this GP wants employers to stop asking for medical certificates

Newcastle GP Max Mollenkopf says unnecessary appointments for medical certificates are wasting doctors' time.
Dr Max Mollenkopf smiles while standing on the footpath of a quiet Newcastle street on a bright, sunny day.

University of Queensland underpaid casual workers by nearly $8 million over seven years

The university has sent an email to staff apologising for the mistake, which it said spanned from January 2017 to December 2023.
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a large stone and steel sign at the entrance to uq that says 'the university of queensland australia st lucia campus'

Key union signs off on Woolworths staff four-day work week

Thousands of full-time workers at Woolworths may be eligible for a four-day working week if a new enterprise agreement is made and unions sign off on the proposed changes.
A Woolworths logo in Adelaide's Rundle Mall

One in seven people admit to using tech to sexually harass colleagues at work, new data shows

Young people and women are particularly at risk, with work and personal emails or phones most commonly used by perpetrators. 
A young woman sits in the dark on the couch, looking at her phone.

Woolworths fined $1.2 million over 'gross failure' to pay Victorian staff entitlements

A Melbourne magistrate has described a Woolworths payroll error as a systematic and gross failure, but says the company is remorseful.
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WA public school teachers march in first strike in a decade

Thousands of teachers have set a deadline for the government to improve work conditions and provide better pay.
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First Strike in 10 Years, Teachers March: People march together. Someone holds a sign saying 'Lower Class Sizes! Fair Pay Rises'
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Adelaide trains disrupted for third day over pay dispute

The travel chaos has prompted calls for the government to intervene in negotiations between the union and Keolis Downer.
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Strike Over Pay Dispute, Adelaide Trains: A red metropolitan train at a station's platform.
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WA teachers set to go on half-day strike next week as union rejects latest pay offer

WA's teacher union rejects a second pay and conditions offer from the state government, stoking concerns of interruptions at schools as the union threatens to forge on with a potential strike on Tuesday next week.
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'I knew something wasn't right': Workers sound alarm about unsafe conditions on solar farms

Workers say they are being exposed to dangerous conditions on solar farms, including working near live cables in wet weather or being put at risk of electrocution. 
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A generic photo of an unidentified backpacker looking towards a solar farm.

Union calls for university leaders to resign over large-scale redundancy plans

The National Tertiary Education Union says axing 200 jobs will be the death knell of Federation University, which has campuses across regional Victoria and in Brisbane.
Signage for Federation University, Mt Helen Campus standing in green grass

Airport firefighters' planned strike action could impact school holiday travel

Aviation firefighters are planning to strike over staffing and safety concerns just as thousands of students around Australia are set to begin school holidays.
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Wes Garrett stands with his arms crossed between two taller firefighters dressed in navy shirts.

Greens condemn Labor's immigration legislation, Bowen announces new vehicle emissions standards, and a potato in parliament — as it happened

Federal parliament was plunged into chaos on Tuesday as the government suddenly announced new immigration reforms intended to head off a pending High Court decision that could see the release of more detainees.
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A group of politicians sit on green bench seats while two stand with pieces of paper over their heads.

'I can't tell what's work and what's life anymore': China's workers want pay for 'invisible' overtime

As China considers changes to the rights of workers there are concerns about the impact on businesses and how the solutions would be implemented.
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Government pushes for minimum wage increase to keep pace with inflation

The government will advocate that the wages of Australia's lowest-paid workers do not go backwards, as the Fair Work Commission reviews minimum and award wage rates. 
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Kitchen worker uses tongs in a pub kitchen in Sydney.

This food delivery rider spoke up against Hungry Panda. Then they called the police on her

After Joy spoke out about low pay and rider safety she says Hungry Panda retaliated by reducing her delivery orders.
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A woman stands holding the handle bars of a food delivery bike.