For the first time in Australia, the Fair Work Commission today ordered Chemist Warehouse to negotiate a multi-employer agreement with its workforce, the first employer in the retail pharmacy sector ...

Today’s national accounts show that GDP per hour worked was 0.8% higher than a year ago, the strongest annual growth in a year. Workers’ share of GDP stayed steady at 49% in September, with the good ...

Australian Unions welcome the Albanese Government’s announcement of a National AI Plan containing clear recognition of the need to put working people’s rights, wages, conditions, and jobs at the ...

Working women in Australia are seeing the gender pay gap narrow thanks to new work rights, pay rises in undervalued sectors, and strong increases in award and collective agreement wages.

Australian Unions welcome today’s announcement of the Australian AI Safety Institute, calling it a critical step toward ensuring Australia has a pro-worker, pro-jobs and pro-growth adoption of ...

Australian workers experienced unacceptably high levels of burn-out, stress and over-work, the latest data from the Work Shouldn’t Hurt Survey reveals.

The Fair Work Commission has made its first ever order requiring a major energy employer to provide support for workers facing job losses from the closure of a power plant. The AGL-owned gas-fired ...

Unions are concerned that APRA and ASIC’s failures to prevent the First Guardian and Shield collapses could cost working people’s superannuation savings through an increase in mandatory levies paid by ...

Today’s Labour force figures show an overall improvement in the labour market, with the unemployment rate dropping to 4.3%. The rate of under-employment also fell to 5.7% in October. ABS monthly ...

Australian Unions will today call for an urgent overhaul of national asbestos health and safety laws to force employers to remove asbestos-containing materials from Australian workplaces, including ...