Pay
Australian real wage growth among worst in OECD
As the government campaigns on the cost of living, the OECD reports Australia’s wage growth lags the UK, Canada and the United States.
- by Rachel Clun
Latest
Incoming governor-general set to receive annual salary of $709,000
Proposed legislation to amend Sam Mostyn’s salary says it was calculated to “moderately exceed” the five-year average salary of High Court Chief Justice Stephen Gageler.
- by Olivia Ireland
Opinion
Opinion
So Musk wants his former employees’ money back. Is that legal?
Can an employer ask you to pay back wages? And more importantly, should they?
- by Victoria Devine
Analysis
Jobs
Want a $100k job in WA but think you need a degree? Think again
There is a rising trend in WA university graduates ditching jobs they’re qualified for to choose higher-paying, relatively unskilled jobs – not all remote.
- by Claire Ottaviano
Things were going so well for this voice actor. And then AI stole his job
A survey by the union for actors and media workers has found more than half of respondents think AI will cost them work and income.
- by Karl Quinn
Analysis
Federal budget
The budget handout that could cruel your next pay rise
Just spending money on handouts to bring down inflation is not Jim Chalmers’ main game.
- by Shane Wright
Exclusive
Courts
‘It was never about the money’: NSW’s junior doctors win $230m payout
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.
- by Angus Thomson
Sydney rail workers push for annual pay rise of 8%
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.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Opinion
University
Unpaid internships are one thing, but paying to work? That’s absurd
The most recent school term has been educational for me and exhausting for my flatmate … and not because we have kids.
- by Millie Muroi
‘They can’t afford the rent’: Meet the teachers demanding a 25 per cent pay rise
Some are paid $35,000 less than their peers in other schools and interstate.
- by Christopher Harris
Analysis
Analysis
Just how much of a pay rise can you expect this year?
The first real wage increases in three years are expected to hit bank accounts this year, easing inflationary pressures in households.
- by Nina Hendy