Australia’s minimum wage to rise

National minimum wage to increase by 1.75 per cent, with cleaners to be included in first phasing of award rise.

19 June, 2020

Four in five workers injured or ill due to work: survey

Nearly 80 per cent of working people have been injured, or become ill, or both as a result of work, according to ACTU survey.

12 August, 2019

Labor pledges wage theft crackdown

Labor proposes new small claims jurisdiction to sit alongside Fair Work Commission to combat wage theft.

15 May, 2019

Casual workers ripped off: report

Most casuals works are not paid 25 per cent more than permanent workers in the same job, ACTU paper finds.

19 November, 2018

Cleaners march in ACTU rallies

An estimated 150,000 people marched across the country.

24 October, 2018