Wages and Benefits

A University of Sydney-led paper undertook Australia's first peer-targeted study of unpaid work for childcare workers, amid a crisis of confidence across the sector.

The union says the action is not about "nurses buying Gucci handbags", but rather maintaining nation-leading wages and conditions.

At the largest ASX-listed companies, chief executives continue to earn 55 times the average earnings of an Australian worker, but termination payouts for the business elite have dropped to their lowest level in 15 years.

Millions of Australian workers will get a 3.5 per cent pay rise from July 1, following the Fair Work Commission's annual review of the minimum wage and award agreements. Inflation is currently at 2.4 per cent annually.

Productivity is dominating headlines, but is it really possible to measure in Australia? 

The Australian Workers Union says it is looking at legal action over claims Snowy 2.0 workers were locked down during this week's strike action.

Annual wage growth lifted to 3.4 per cent in the March quarter, from 3.2 per cent in December. It is the first annual increase in wage growth since the June quarter last year.

The outgoing deputy mayor of a New South Wales town says she may be able to afford to return to politics when she is "old and semi-retired".

Renters in Perth are feeling the pinch as it becomes the nation's second-most expensive capital to rent in, and an economic expert says the state desperately needs to increase its building capacity. 

A new study of more than 900 Australian artists and arts workers has found poor working conditions and pay are widespread throughout the industry.

The opposition leader says he will take a razor to "wasteful government spending" on education, health and the ABC if elected.

One of Cairns AFL's most successful women's teams is falling apart on the eve of the new season, with a champion accusing the club of refusing to pay even a third of the money allocated to its men's team.

A former employee of childcare provider Genius Education says the company owes staff thousands in unpaid superannuation and workers were not able to say a proper goodbye to the children they cared for. 

Inflation has fallen, but prices won't be coming down. These five graphs explain what's going on.

Junior doctors in NSW are threatening to walk off the job after the circulation of an email written by an HR officer who likened them to confectionery.

The operator of Queensland's iconic tourism haven Hamilton Island has short-changed its staff to the tune of nearly $30m, the ombudsman has found.

Troy Thompson, who is earning his $225,000 annual salary while suspended, is entitled to a pay rise.

Queensland mayors and councillors have been awarded a 2.5 to 3 per cent pay bump in a move that will see their salaries increase by thousands of dollars.

Next week, more than two-thirds of NSW's psychiatrists working in its public hospital sector are set to resign, potentially causing serious harm for the state's healthcare system. But how did we get here?

Politicians and news outlets claim Australian traffic controllers are earning $200,000 per year. The ABC has crunched the numbers to see how credible these claims are.