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Pilots' strike on the table after wage negotiations break down between Rex, union

Rex Airlines could have a strike on its hands after negotiations failed on a pay deal described by the pilots' union as "worse than previous offers".

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Treasurer warns of ‘severity and magnitude of inflation challenge’ after RBA hikes official interest rate

Jim Chalmers responds to Reserve Bank decision to lift cash rate 50 basis points as Anthony Albanese declines to comment during Indonesia trip

The Guardian - AU

Casuals, contractors and gig workers set for 'potentially massive' changes under Labor

An industrial relations fight is looming as employers protest mooted changes giving more employment security to gig-economy workers.

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Fair Work Commission finds submarine builder ASC's vaccine mandate for workers was proportionate and reasonable

Unvaccinated submarine workers at a South Australian shipbuilding yard now face being sacked after the Fair Work Commission rules in favour of the company's vaccine mandate.

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Labor’s Officially Backed A Minimum Wage Pay Rise, So WTF Does That Mean What Happens Next?

Let's pop our economy hats on.

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The Loop: Boy killed in hit-and-run, Labor makes pay increase submission, are you smarter than a spelling bee champion?

Finish your week in The Loop.

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Labor formally submits for minimum pay rise of at least 5.1 per cent to Fair Work Commission

Labor says the era of "deliberate" low wage policy has come to an end, as it submits its recommendation for a minimum wage rise of at least 5.1 per cent.

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The Guardian - AU

New govt backs pay rise in wage submission

The minimum wage should be set at a rate which ensures low-paid workers' incomes do not go backwards, the government has argued to the Fair Work Commission.

AAP

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tony Burke advocates on wages and arts

Tony Burke is the minister for employment and workplace relations and minister for the arts, as well as the leader of the House of Representatives.

The Conversation

There's one big reason wages are stagnating: the enterprise bargaining system is broken, and in terminal decline

Real wages in Australia have been stagnating for the better part of a decade. Now, with higher inflation, they’re declining. So what can the new Albanese government, having campaigned hard on the previous government’s failures, do about it?

The Conversation

Australian National University professor's dismissal for skinny dipping with student was valid, Fair Work Commission finds on appeal

The ANU successfully appeals a Fair Work Commission decision that originally found lecturer Scott Morrison's dismissal was unfair. The university says Dr Morrison's behaviour constituted a breach of his position of trust as a senior academic.

ABC News

ANU lecturer 'fairly dismissed' over nude swim with student: commission

The ANU has successfully appealed a finding that a senior academic was unfairly dismissed for swimming naked and kissing a student during a retreat.

The Canberra Times

PM's sensible start shows why it was time to change governments

There is nothing which quite concentrates a politician's mind like being in power.

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Federal Treasurer reasserts Labor will stick to plans to formally back minimum wage rise

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has clarified that the new Labor government will formally advocate for workers on the minimum wage to get a pay rise.

The New Daily

Lifting the minimum wage is anything but reckless – it’s what low earners need

'Reckless and dangerous': Anthony Albanese is preparing to ask the Fair Work Commission to grant a wage rise big enough to cover inflation.

The Conversation

Lifting the minimum wage is anything but reckless – it's what low earners need

Stand by for something “reckless and dangerous”.

The Conversation

Wages and women top Albanese's IR agenda: the big question is how Labor keeps its promises

Industrial relations issues were front and centre when federal Labor last won office from opposition in 2007. The backlash against John Howard’s “Work Choices” reforms cost both his government and his own seat. Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard’s detailed “Forward with Fairness” policy provided a blueprint for the Fair Work…

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What happens when Pat’s carer doesn’t arrive? Her daughter can’t even get her to the bathroom

A shortage of workers within the aged care industry has left a 68-year-old Queensland woman unable to even help her mother to the toilet when there is no one to fill her carer's shift.

AAP

Libs won't back 'artificial' wage figure

Employment Minister Stuart Robert won't reveal whether he would support the minimum wage to rise at the pace of inflation following dismal wages figures.

The Conversation

Are real wages falling? Here's the evidence

You would be forgiven for being unsure about whether the buying power of wages was rising or falling. On one hand, Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese says wages are going backwards.

ABC News

Coalition remains non-committal on paid domestic violence leave after Fair Work Commission backs the entitlement for millions

The Coalition is remaining non-committal about legislating 10 days' paid family and domestic violence leave for all workers, after the industrial umpire backed a union push to grant the entitlement to millions of Australians.

ABC News

Family and domestic violence paid leave on the political agenda after Fair Work Commission decision

Millions of workers are set to get access to 10 days of paid family and domestic violence leave after an in-principle decision by the Fair Work Commission. But advocates say not everyone will benefit.

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GOOD: 2.6 Million Aussie Workers Will Be Entitled To Paid Domestic Family Violence Leave

The Fair Work Commission backed 10 days of paid domestic and family violence leave for employees under modern awards.

The Conversation

Labor's pledge to properly pay women and care workers is a start, but it won't be easy

Aged-care workers are notoriously underpaid for the level of skill, responsibility, and judgement they exercise. Even employers acknowledge it.

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