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Union challenges Commonwealth Bank rule that employees must spend half their hours a month in office

Finance Sector Union lodges dispute as mandate to limit working from home scheduled to come into effect 17 July

The Guardian - AU

Wages or profits? What’s to blame for sky-high inflation?

As the cost-of-living crisis takes a turn for the worse, debate is raging about the role corporate profits have played in delivering the highest inflation

The New Daily

New bargaining system for workers kicks into action

Some of the federal government's new workplace laws have come into effect and will allow employees from different businesses to team up for better conditions.

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Casuals workers’ pay gap the highest on record: Unions

The hourly pay gap between Australia's permanent and casual employees has reached a new record and it's hurting workers, the ACTU says.

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Casuals workers' pay gap the highest on record: unions

The hourly pay gap between Australia's permanent and casual employees has reached a new record and it's hurting workers, the ACTU says.

AAP

Workers optimistic and keen for four-day work week

The days of working five days a week could be numbered, replaced with a four-day work week, a recent survey has forecast.

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Businesses are feeling the pay rise pinch too

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2023’s big battle: Inflation v Australia’s working poor

inflation and rising interest rates make Fair Work Commission's annual wage review a crucial decision as families face hip-pocket pain

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Federal government backs wage increase for lowest-paid workers in line with inflation

The federal government has backed a wage rise for the nation's lowest paid workers in line with inflation, arguing they should not see their real wages go backwards.

ABC News

Shorten attacks Robert’s links to lobbyist – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: unions call for big wage boost, elder cut from Obama event, Pope in hospital

Peak union body demands 7% rise in the minimum wage; Aunty Joy Murphy describes ‘deep offence’ after being barred from welcome ceremony

The Guardian - AU

ACTU pushing for 7 pct rise to minimum and award wages

More than two million workers on minimum and award wages should get a seven per cent pay rise to keep up with the rising cost of living, the ACTU argues.

AAP

‘Simply about survival’: ACTU calls for 7% pay rise for lowest-paid workers to keep pace with inflation

Minimum hourly rate would rise to $22.88 – or $45,337 a year – if the Fair Work Commission grants the increase

The Guardian - AU

Why are Australian households struggling as corporate profits soar?

Everyday Australian’s are struggling to keep up with the rising cost of living with soaring inflation hurting households’ hip pockets.

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Will the Reserve Bank review achieve anything? What difference could it make to interest rates?

A government-ordered review of the Reserve Bank — the first in more than a generation — is expected to ask searching questions of our key financial institution. The leadership of the central bank, the composition of its board, missed targets and broken promises are all elements under examination.

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Afternoon Update: anger over Qantas’s record profit; Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner subpoenaed; and Starbucks’ olive oil coffee

Qantas the latest company to announce record profits, causing anger among some travellers and a Labor senator

The Guardian - UK

Women who suffer domestic abuse three times as likely to attempt suicide

Campaigners for women’s rights say findings about intimate partner violence are ‘shocking and appalling’

The Guardian - AU

Reserve Bank causing households ‘too much pain’ with rate rises, says union chief Sally McManus

Australian union leader says the absence of labour market expertise on the RBA board had caused ‘missteps’

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Alan Kohler: The right to strike, and recessions we have to have

Ostensibly Labor's workplace laws are about "getting wages moving", but what it really comes down to is the right for workers to strike.

AAP

Qantas outsourcing fight off to High Court

The High Court has granted Qantas leave to appeal a decision that found the outsourcing of more than 1600 baggage handlers and other employees was unlawful.

Newcastle Herald

Tug of woe: strike off but lockout still looming as Svitzer stands ground

Svitzer lockout holds national economy to ransom says ACTU

ABC News

The profit crisis is the inflation-driving pressure we don't talk about

Soaring corporate profits are being blamed for fuelling inflation, as figures show companies in Australia are enjoying sky-rocketing profits despite the pandemic.

ABC News

Labor's new workplace relations bill proposes new laws around work flexibility, targets gender pay gap

Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke will introduce Labor's Secure Jobs, Better Pay bill into Parliament, promising to "get wages moving".

The Guardian - AU

Liberal moderate Bridget Archer says Labor right to be questioning stage-three tax cuts

Archer tells Albanese government ‘it’s OK to change your mind’ as debate continues within ALP about future of Coalition tax package

AAP

Union boss seeks workplace law overhaul

In a speech to the National Press Club, ACTU secretary Sally McManus says federal workplace laws that have been in place for a decade need to be updated.

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