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1 month ago |
theaustralian.com.au | Ewin Hannan
This article contains features which are only available in the web versionTake me thereCabinet has signed off on Labor’s election commitment that a re-elected Albanese government back above-inflation pay rises for 2.9 million low-paid workers. Before the Fair Work Commission hands down its annual wage decision within weeks, the government will make a submission by Friday in support of an “economically sustainable real wage increase” for award-reliant and minimum wage workers.
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1 month ago |
stockhead.com.au | Ewin Hannan
Just 30 per cent of Australians believe the benefits of using artificial intelligence outweigh the risks, the lowest ranking of any country, according to a comprehensive global study into the public’s trust, use, and attitudes towards AI. Australians also rank lowest globally in their interest in learning more about AI. While half of Australians used AI regularly, only 36 per cent were willing to trust it, with 78 per cent concerned about negative outcomes.
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2 months ago |
theaustralian.com.au | Ewin Hannan
This article contains features which are only available in the web versionTake me thereHundreds of thousands of administration, banking and finance workers could be up to $16,000 a year worse off under an employer proposal for workers to give up penalty rates and overtime in exchange for a pay rise, union analysis claims.
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Dec 3, 2024 |
theaustralian.com.au | Ewin Hannan
As big business called for Labor’s multi-employer bargaining laws to be scrapped or apply only with employer consent, TWU national secretary Michael Kaine revealed the Jetstar deal, which he said would start to rectify the damage to pay and conditions that occurred under former Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce.
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Nov 21, 2024 |
theaustralian.com.au | Ewin Hannan
Senior union officials revealed Mr Druery met unionists including Mr Ravbar and Queensland Electrical Trades Union secretary Peter Ong at the Kingston Hotel in Canberra on October 28 where they discussed the prospect of the unions setting up a workers party to contest Senate positions.
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The Fair Work Commission has granted an above inflation 3.5 per cent pay rise to 2.9 million low-paid workers from July 1, splitting the difference between union and employer claims.
“I was impacted by the laws. I now have a stewardship over those laws and that sort of trajectory is not lost on me, and the responsibility that comes with it.” Amanda Rishworth on how her time as a young retail worker and union organiser shaped her. https://t.co/bGCJVwgqrj https://t.co/JxsuA3G5zN
CFMEU administrator Mark Irving, KC, has been hospitalised after suffering chest pains but is recovering and expected to resume work next week. https://t.co/V7S4T4Tsmk