MEDICAL Director will meet with union workers today after postponing a meeting due to be held yesterday.
06th May 2015 5:05 AM
TOOWOOMBA hospitality worker Jessica Rix said she would not be able to support herself if weekend penalty rates were...
04th April 2015 7:04 AM
IF THE mining boom never happened, the average household income would be 13% lower, real wages would be 6% lower and...
14th Feb. 2015 5:02 AM
DESPITE wages growing at their slowest rate ever, a recruitment agency’s survey of expected salary growth says workers can...
28th Jan. 2015 4:01 PM
ONE mention of petrol prices is enough to get any CQ motorist’s blood boiling, however it seems local service station...
01st Jan. 2015 9:01 AM
HIRING a tradesman is more expensive in Queensland than any other state – a fact that may not surprise many home...
14th Dec. 2014 5:12 AM
WORKERS at Hastings Deering have rejected a deal put up by the company which would have seen their wages and conditions...
21st Nov. 2014 7:11 AM
RED Rooster has paid back almost $350,000 in wages to underpaid staff following action by the Fair Work Ombudsman.
27th Aug. 2014 12:08 PM
ABS figures released yesterday show the mining industry is setting a slow pace.
15th Aug. 2014 6:08 AM
UP TO 150 workers will cause pay pain for 11,000 of their colleagues and will put Bechtel’s $80 million Curtis Island LNG...
19th July 2014 10:07 AM
THE chairman of the Commission of Audit has defended its proposal to slash the minimum wage for up to 10 years in a Senate...
02nd May 2014 4:05 PM
CINEMA executives have defended the high cost of movie tickets in Australia, blaming part of the costs on high wages for...
22nd April 2014 8:04 AM
LETTER OF THE DAY: Are excessive hourly wages for a job often inadequately performed killing small...
15th April 2014 9:04 AM
EDUCATORS generally aren’t in it for the money – but in Peter Hauser’s case, it’s not a bad perk.
08th April 2014 6:04 AM
SUNSHINE Coast MP Mal Brough has called for a rethink on weekend and public holiday penalty rates, saying too many youth...
07th March 2014 6:03 AM
AS FLY-in, fly-out workers in Australia’s resources industry earn wages topping $100,000 a year; their maritime...
16th Jan. 2014 5:01 AM
THE wage bill for Queensland's public sector employees increased during the last financial year despite thousands of job...
11th Dec. 2013 7:12 AM
NORTHERN Rivers public school teachers walked off the job yesterday to vote on a new award that would see improved salaries...
04th Dec. 2013 4:12 AM
THE fact there is still a huge wage inequality in Queensland doesn’t shock Zonta Club of Mackay president Bridget...
23rd Nov. 2013 9:11 AM
RATEPAYERS across the state have less than a month to have their say on how much they believe elected local government...
03rd Oct. 2013 6:10 AM
IT IS not our mortgages or rising electricity costs that are playing havoc with Warwickite’s budgets – instead it is the...
25th Sept. 2013 5:09 AM
AFTER a lengthy process, there is light at the end of the tunnel for the de-amalgamating Livingstone Shire Council.
19th Sept. 2013 8:09 AM
THERE'S good news for Australia’s 12 million workers who have seen their super savings grow by around 15% over the last...
16th Sept. 2013 6:09 AM
THE Fair Work Ombudsman is auditing up to 1500 cafes, restaurants and catering businesses across Australia as part of an...
23rd Aug. 2013 9:08 AM
MINE workers expecting to receive a high pay increase in the new financial year could be disappointed, according to a...
11th July 2013 11:07 AM
A SNAPSHOT of the Coast reveals we employ those with higher education, but our wages are relatively low and the number of...
26th June 2013 8:06 AM
THE small business lobby has hit out at Gillard government for supporting intervention in youth wage levels, on the grounds...
22nd May 2013 7:05 PM
UPDATE: OVERPAYMENTS made through the Queensland health payroll system now will be rectified through...
22nd May 2013 4:05 PM
GEORGIA Hudson knows all too well the stress that comes with living in a town like Mackay.
02nd May 2013 10:05 AM
GYMPIE and the Mary Valley paid out $572m in wages and salaries in 2010-11, with an average salary of $35,786 confirming...
02nd May 2013 5:05 AM
A WAGE of $35,000 a year before tax doesn’t seem like a lot of money, especially in this day and age of miners earning...
02nd May 2013 4:05 AM
THE state government is lobbying the Fair Work Commission not to increase real wages for workers across the state.
01st May 2013 1:05 PM
FLOODS, rising superannuation costs and a national downturn in tourism are behind an accommodation industry push for a 1.5%...
25th April 2013 6:04 PM
MOST people would say footballers, especially those playing in the UK and Europe, get paid obscene amounts of money to ply...
26th March 2013 6:03 AM
CHIEF executive Andrew Demetriou may be the most powerful man in the game, but he isn't the most highly-paid.
20th March 2013 6:03 AM
AN EXTRA $3 an hour in the pockets of low-paid childcare workers has been promised by the Federal Government, as part of a...
19th March 2013 6:03 PM
A REVIEW of apprentice wages will pit unions against employer lobby groups as the Fair Work Commission determines whether...
05th March 2013 6:03 AM
GUEST speaker David Rynne had the audience’s undivided attention at this month’s Toowoomba and Surat Basin Enterprise...
27th Feb. 2013 3:02 PM
THE average Sunshine Coast wage earner is paid $10,000 less than their Brisbane counterpart.
22nd Feb. 2013 5:02 AM
IPSWICH wages have risen more than 23% in just four years while the city’s unemployment rate remains below the state and...
19th Feb. 2013 8:02 AM
JUST one in every 10 Australians working full-time earn $2364 or more a week, while one in 10 other employees also earn...
24th Jan. 2013 6:01 AM
THE Fraser Coast is the second least affordable place to buy a home in Queensland – because residents have a low average...
23rd Jan. 2013 8:01 AM
DEBATE has ignited on whether small businesses should pay staff penalty rates on public holidays.
12th Jan. 2013 8:01 AM
THE Gympie region's average wage has increased by about $2000 in three years, according to the Australian Bureau of...
29th Nov. 2012 12:11 PM
A SURVEY shows small businesses are continuing to struggle with falling prices and profits, while wages keep rising.
21st Nov. 2012 6:11 AM
THOSE charged with looking after Australia's infants and toddlers earn about $10 less than the average Australian wage.
18th Nov. 2012 12:11 PM
LAWYERS have argued that an Applethorpe farm did not set up a sham arrangement to avoid paying workers more than $10,000 in...
09th Nov. 2012 5:11 AM
SOME Gladstone residents are streets ahead when it comes to wage levels, but the city still has a sizeable proportion of...
25th Oct. 2012 6:10 AM
_fct812x612x69x148_ct140x106.jpg "Kash Stone, 20, has found life difficult financially at times, despite earning a middle level income.")
WOMEN continue to lag behind men when it comes to lifetime earnings, a report revealed on Tuesday.
24th Oct. 2012 6:10 AM
AN Applethorpe farm's advisor has defended establishing two labour hire companies to avoid paying workers more than $10,000...
24th Oct. 2012 6:10 AM
