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Gender discrimination and workplaces

Cracking the glass ceiling

Recent research conducted by the Diversity Council Australia and the University of Sydney Business School has found that culturally diverse women are experiencing a ‘double jeopardy’ when accessing leadership roles...

Cracking the glass ceiling

Recent research conducted by the Diversity Council Australia and the University of Sydney Business School has found that culturally diverse women are experiencing a ‘double jeopardy’ when accessing leadership roles...

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Employee theft

How to stop businesses stealing from their empl...

A Senate inquiry has revealed that wage theft and underpayment are so prevalent in some industries that they have become the norm. Around 79% of hospitality employers in Victoria, for instance, did...

How to stop businesses stealing from their empl...

A Senate inquiry has revealed that wage theft and underpayment are so prevalent in some industries that they have become the norm. Around 79% of hospitality employers in Victoria, for instance, did...

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workers death

Company found guilty for apprentices’ death

A Moorabbin building company and its director were convicted on September 6, 2017 and fined a total of $880,000 over the death of a 21-year-old apprentice at a Caulfield South...

Company found guilty for apprentices’ death

A Moorabbin building company and its director were convicted on September 6, 2017 and fined a total of $880,000 over the death of a 21-year-old apprentice at a Caulfield South...

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Blood donations and workplace

Blood donor leave case is a no go

The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) has successfully defended employers' interests in the Fair Work Commission's Blood Donor Leave Case.  Ai Group chief executive, Innes Willox, said on September 6, 2017...

Blood donor leave case is a no go

The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) has successfully defended employers' interests in the Fair Work Commission's Blood Donor Leave Case.  Ai Group chief executive, Innes Willox, said on September 6, 2017...

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Construction

Concreting company found guilty of intimidation

The federal court on September 1, 2017 found the management of a Boral concreting subsidiary, De Martin and Gasparini, acted illegally in threatening to make its workers redundant because they...

Concreting company found guilty of intimidation

The federal court on September 1, 2017 found the management of a Boral concreting subsidiary, De Martin and Gasparini, acted illegally in threatening to make its workers redundant because they...

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workers safety

States working side by side to help young workers

WorkSafe Victoria and SafeWork NSW will focus on young workers when they team up in Yarrawonga – Mulwala as part of this year’s Cross Border Construction Program.  The program, which...

States working side by side to help young workers

WorkSafe Victoria and SafeWork NSW will focus on young workers when they team up in Yarrawonga – Mulwala as part of this year’s Cross Border Construction Program.  The program, which...

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