industrial relations

Aussies are being dudded out of thousands per year and working on average seven weeks worth of unpaid overtime per year, according to fresh data. The research by the Australia Institute found the average worker was losing more than $11,000…

Qantas would likely have gone bust if it had been unable to use internal labour hire to stay competitive, the airline has claimed. Appearing before a senate inquiry into the government’s contentious industrial relations legislation,…

Contentious reforms to Australia’s workplace relations system have been rubber-stamped by parliament, surviving a last-ditch filibuster to delay the vote until next year. The government’s industrial relations Bill returned to the lower…

Anthony Albanese has declared it is a “huge day for working people” after striking a deal with a key crossbencher to get Labor’s wide-ranging industrial relations reforms through parliament.But the Prime Minister wouldn’t be drawn on when…

A fight over contentious workplace reforms has caused the Senate to descend into outright chaos, with party leaders screaming over one another at the dispatch box. The disruption began when the Coalition renewed its attack on the…

Australians are working six weeks of unpaid overtime on average every year and missing out on more than $8000 in pay as a result, new research has found.The Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work has found unpaid overtime is costing…

Peter Dutton has warned of a “perfect storm” of economic destruction being brought about by the Labor government. As Prime Minister Anthony Albanese suggests senators and MPs could sit for longer than the next two weeks in order to pass the…

The threat of widespread supply chain disruptions in the lead-up to Christmas is looming larger after negotiations between Australia’s largest tugboat operator and port workers stalled on Tuesday.Svitzer plans to lock out nearly 600 workers…

The “unfortunate” use of the term “corporate gorillas” might have raised eyebrows, but it won’t deter the resources sector in its fight against Labor’s industrial relations reforms.The Australian Resources and Energy Employer Association’s…

The peak body for builders has railed against most of Labor’s industrial relations legislation, including its plans to demolish the construction industry watchdog.The Master Builders Association has opposed Labor’s Secure Jobs, Better Pay…