When future engineer Rafiul Hossain arrived in Sydney,he didn’t expect to have to share his bed with bugs. And he isn’t the only newcomer to our fair city with a story to tell.
After three years of restricted travel and online learning,international students have returned to Sydney in projected record numbers. But what,exactly,have they signed up for?
As the cost of everything from petrol,insurance and the mortgage steadily climbs,our wages need to stretch further than ever before.
Foreign workers employed by the collapsed AI marketing start-up Metigy have been left in limbo as they wait for the sale of former chief executive David Fairfull’s homes.
The Victorian Wage Inspectorate has filed criminal charges against the Macedon Lounge for alleged wage theft in an Australian first that could see $1 million in fines handed out.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is also examining the company’s conduct.
A landmark class action case that accuses Domino’s of underpaying tens of thousands of staff has kicked off in the Federal Court.
Pizza giant faces allegations that drivers and in-store staff were underpaid up to $11 an hour or $10,000 a year. The claim,which Domino’s disputes,could be worth tens of millions of dollars to low-paid workers employed at franchise stores.
Our nation has not been this consistently unequal since the 1930s,and that has not happened by accident,Ben Schneiders writes in his new book.
My guess is history will judge Scott Morrison’s stance on wages to be the misstep that did most to lose him the election.
Convenience store giant 7-Eleven has agreed to pay its franchisees almost $100 million in a class action settlement launched by franchisees who say they were misled about the profitability of the stores.