workers rights

Woolworths was fined $1.2 million after it unpaid more than 1,200 workers long service leave entitlements over several years.

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.

KFC is facing two separate class actions over allegations it refused to grant thousands of workers their entitled paid breaks.

The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has discovered 250,000 workers were underpaid in the 2022-23 financial year. 

Why are supermarket workers on strike? Hundreds of Coles and Woolworths employees will stop work on Saturday as part of an ongoing dispute.