Tag: Workers

Restaurant and one of its directors could be liable for almost $80,000 in penalties and may have to also pay money owed to worker.

Latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show more than a quarter of businesses are struggling to fill their job vacancies.

Long jail sentence and hefty fines for negligence over 2020 death of one worker and serious injury to another.

Call for a “very cautious” approach as the economic recovery has been uneven and a modest wage increase would encourage more employment.

To boost the nation’s coffers, taxes are also being raised to 39 percent for top earners on more than NZ$180,000 a year.

Fair Work Ombudsman is taking Federal Court action against an Italian eatery for alleged non-compliance during an underpayment investigation.

ACTU says the scheme incentivises employers to sack older full-time workers and does nothing to address the problem of job insecurity.