Pay
Opinion
Opinion
Are you being paid properly? Here’s how to check
With big businesses like Woolworths and BHP in the headlines for underpaying staff millions of dollars, it’s time to fully understand your entitlements at work.
- by Victoria Devine
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Wage scandal
Woolworths faces more than 1000 criminal charges over unpaid leave
One of Australia’s largest employers has been hit with more than 1000 criminal charges for allegedly underpaying more than $1 million in long service leave to 1235 former workers.
- by Ben Schneiders
Film, TV productions shut down in Australia as actors strike
Strike action in Hollywood will bring film and television production to a standstill. But what will it mean for shows shooting, or about to shoot, here?
- by Karl Quinn and Thomas Mitchell
Opinion
Executive pay
The highest paid among us have had their salaries fall. But will it last?
When it comes to executive pay, the big bucks are almost always to be found in bonuses rather than base pay.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Public service
State v state: Minns government mulls pay parity with Queensland for public sector
In a bid to halt a worker exodus, Labor has asked a new IR taskforce to consider whether public sector pay deals should be linked to what workers get across the border.
- by Michael McGowan
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Jobs
After my daughter’s unpaid cafe trial, I turned warrior mum
It takes a village, right? So if you’re employing young staff, don’t be an ass.
- by Jo Pybus
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NRL 2023
Origin blackout: NRL hits back after players boycott media over pay war
The players, frustrated at being unable to get a pay deal done, have opted for a media blackout. Now the NRL has had its say.
- by Adrian Proszenko, Zoe Samios and Adam Pengilly
Millennial men look for greener, better-paid pastures
Australia missed the pandemic’s “great resignation”, but figures show a surge of mid-career workers, particularly men, switching jobs.
- by Shane Wright
The interns getting paid $168 an hour
Interns at Wall Street firms are getting bigger pay cheques this year, as the finance industry seeks to attract more young people disillusioned by layoffs in tech.
- by Paulina Cachero
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
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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