Qantas has been criminally charged with breaching workplace safety laws after it stood down a cleaner who raised COVID-19 concerns. The worker suggested staff could be exposed to the virus when cleaning aircraft arriving from China early in the pandemic.…
A Queensland health care worker has launched a Supreme Court challenge against the Health Department's compulsory vaccine mandate. She wants an urgent injunction to stop the department from forcing her to take a COVID-19 vaccine. Pathology assistant challenges Queensland Health…
Channel 7 has dumped Michael Slater from its commentary team after he criticised Scott Morrison on Twitter. The former Australian Test batsman has been with the Network since it took over broadcast rights in 2018. However, news.com.au reports he has…
Hotel quarantine security staff were underpaid more than $300,000, the Fair Work Ombudsman has revealed. Inspectors uncovered the wage theft involving security guards at Melbourne and Sydney COVID-19 hotels during a random audit of 37 business. Hotel quarantine security staff…
Amazon Studios has sacked a senior executive after he upgraded himself to business class for an overseas work trip. The company has a strict (and stingy) travel policy requiring staff to fly economy, or pay for their own seat upgrades.…
Grace Tame has called the appointment of a former Liberal candidate as Human Rights Commissioner "a grave mistake". The Australian of the Year joins a growing number of people who have criticised the appointment of Lorraine Finlay. Finlay is a…
A senior manager at a Sydney-based creative company claims she was sacked for reporting sexual harassment. The worker told her story to news.com.au to warn others about the warning signs of a serial perpetrator in the workplace. Senior manager sacked for…
A former SBS journalist who experienced workplace harassment is taking legal action to get her job back. Pallavi Jain claims she was sacked for not being able to work under the woman who allegedly bullied her. She has subsequently filed…
Camp Australia has agreed to back-pay staff $1.74 million in order to avoid legal action for wage theft. The national childcare company must also make a $122,000 contrition payment to the Commonwealth’s Consolidated Revenue Fund. Internal review revealed underpayments Camp…
Deliveroo has lost a test case in the Fair Work Commission which found delivery riders are employees and not independent contractors. The ruling will have huge ramifications for the gig economy. It means food delivery workers are entitled to the…
