At the end of a 100-hour week,Dr Amireh Fakhouri was too exhausted to drive home. Now she has helped win record backpay for 20,000 colleagues.
The start of negotiations over a new pay deal comes less than 18 months after the end of an industrial dispute that crippled Sydney’s rail network.
The most recent school term has been educational for me and exhausting for my flatmate … and not because we have kids.
Some are paid $35,000 less than their peers in other schools and interstate.
The first real wage increases in three years are expected to hit bank accounts this year,easing inflationary pressures in households.
Check out our interactive map to reveal how average incomes vary across Sydney suburbs.
The black-tie event at the NGV,featuring a performance by Kate Ceberano,has raised questions from staff,many of whom had their wages stolen.
In the race to recruit and keep the best teachers,several of the nation’s independent schools are paying women above the odds.
Albanese government staffers are demanding a hefty pay rise,a change in workplace culture and a cost-of-living adjustment to combat inflation as part of wage negotiations.
Five employees of the RFS will head to the Supreme Court in a case that will have an impact for hundreds of their colleagues.
Eighteen executives were in line for salaries up to 68 per cent higher than their public-sector peers for similar roles.