Employment

Food delivery drivers could get new workplace rights including access to annual leave, superannuation, and insurance.

A legal right to disconnect is designed to support workers who choose not to respond to “unreasonable contact” outside of paid hours.

Two major Australian unions are calling for junior rates to be scrapped for 18 to 20 year olds, calling the lower pay rates “discriminatory”.

A study launched in 1990 tracking 167 babies recently handed down its final report on inequality in Australia.

The ABC has lost part of its legal defence against journalist Antoinette Lattouf, who is suing for unfair dismissal.

The telco said the decision was due to structural changes in the business designed to “improve productivity”.

Assistant Treasury Minister Andrew Leigh has raised concerns about an increase in the use of restraint clauses by employers — e.g “non-compete” or “no-poach” agreements.

The Federal Government will create a digital ‘Skills Passport’ for workers so they can more easily connect with potential employers.