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
