Industry segregation accounts for around a quarter of the gender pay gap and limits Australia’s workforce participation, particularly in sectors with skills shortages.

The Closing Loopholes reforms of 2023 and 2024 brought in Same Job Same Pay for labour-hire workers, world-first rights for gig workers, and better protections for casual workers, among a range of ...

Australian Unions welcome the Albanese Government’s announcement of a National AI Plan containing clear recognition of the need to put working people’s rights, wages, conditions, and jobs at the ...

For the first time in Australia, the Fair Work Commission today ordered Chemist Warehouse to negotiate a multi-employer agreement with its workforce, the first employer in the retail pharmacy sector ...

Today’s national accounts show that GDP per hour worked was 0.8% higher than a year ago, the strongest annual growth in a year. Workers’ share of GDP stayed steady at 49% in September, with the good ...

Working women in Australia are seeing the gender pay gap narrow thanks to new work rights, pay rises in undervalued sectors, and strong increases in award and collective agreement wages.

The Fair Work Commission has made its first ever order requiring a major energy employer to provide support for workers facing job losses from the closure of a power plant.

Australian Unions will seek tougher regulations to guide the future roll-out of Artificial Intelligence in workplaces. Unions will pursue a pro-job pro-worker agenda in the adoption of AI to ensure ...