Pay
BHP reveals $430m staff holiday hit
The mining giant self-reported the problem after a preliminary review found annual leave for about 28,500 employees at its Australian operations had been incorrectly deducted on public holidays since 2010.
- by Simon Johanson
Latest
Exclusive
State Parliament
Fashion giant guilty of hundreds of underpayment offences
The retail group whose stores include Millers, Rivers, Katies, Rockman, and Noni B has pleaded guilty to underpaying long service leave to 223 staff.
- by Alexandra Smith
More than 40,000 people are living in modern slavery in Australia
A new global index report has shone a light on the problem occurring much closer to home than we think.
- by Rob Harris
Anglicans back review of golden handshakes for governors-general
The church’s Public Affairs Commission has endorsed a move to review the lifetime pensions paid to former governors-general, as the Greens push for Peter Hollingworth to be stripped of his taxpayer-funded salary and perks.
- by Lisa Visentin
Exclusive
State Parliament
Union leader slams new Labor government over pace of pay negotiations
The HSU, one of the state’s largest unions, has blasted the government for a “concerning and confusing” lack of clarity over the removal of the controversial public sector wages cap.
- by Michael McGowan
Opinion
Wage growth
Why pay rises won’t screw the economy
Caps on public sector wage rises are unfair, but their removal may result in higher taxes: it’s the capitalist way.
- by Ross Gittins
Unions demand largest minimum wage hike in decades, stoking inflation fears
A 7 per cent increase to the minimum wage would lift the minimum hourly rate to $22.88 – the biggest pay boost in more than 30 years.
- by Angus Thompson and Shane Wright
Exclusive
Superannuation
‘Women being ripped off’ by quarterly superannuation payments
The government is being urged to update laws that allow businesses to pay super quarterly instead of on payday.
- by Rachel Clun
Queensland health workers may have been underpaid ‘millions’
Queensland hospital and health workers may have been underpaid millions of dollars with an audit under way to find out how many are affected.
- by Marty Silk
Australians facing lower incomes, longer work hours: Chalmers
A major Productivity Commission report will reveal Australians’ incomes will fall, and the working week get longer, unless there’s major reform.
- by Shane Wright
The top Sydney public school offering $20,000 bonuses to lure teachers
Killarney Heights High has long figured among the state’s best comprehensive schools. But even it is struggling to fill its teaching vacancies.
- by Lucy Carroll