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Safety ‘out the window’CommentsBuilders ‘forced to work’ in Perth’s shocking summer heat

WA’s construction worker shortage has forced some to toil through sweltering temperatures close to 50 degrees, amid claims of extreme pressure from businesses to keep the show on the road.

Kim Macdonald

Pay packetsCommentsPremiumWA workers among nation’s top earners

Weekly pay for full-time working women has increased more than men’s in the past three years, official statistics show, but the gender pay gap remains stubborn.

Adrian Lowe

Omicron outbreak CommentsPremiumHarvey Norman staff to get RAT tests as WA reopens

Harvey Norman chairman Gerry Harvey says daily rapid testing of staff will be introduced at the retail giant’s WA stores as soon as COVID-19 cases start to rise in the State. 

Kate Purnell

Fast approachingCommentsPremiumHow WA businesses are preparing for the border reopening

As the February 5 deadline for the State to reopen to the rest of the country, companies and leaders are getting ready for a rise in cases but say they are prepared.

Adrian Lowe and Stuart McKinnon

Sector snapshotCommentsWhat worries small and medium business owners

Australia’s small and medium businesses are overwhelmingly struggling with staffing issues, which predate the Omicron coronavirus outbreaks.

Adrian Lowe

Under scrutinyCommentsPremiumMicrosoft hires law firm to review Gates probe

Microsoft, responding to a push from shareholders, has hired a law firm to review its sexual harassment and gender discrimination policies and scrutinise a 2019 board investigation of co-founder Bill Gates.

Dina Bass

No quick fixCommentsPremiumWA’s record job vacancies tipped to climb again

Employers should not expect the reopening of borders next month to solve the skills crunch, experts say, with more pressure to come.

Adrian Lowe

Latest dataCommentsWA job vacancies hit record high as skills crunch continues

The number of vacant jobs in WA has hit its highest in nearly four decades as the skills crunch continues.

Adrian Lowe

Quit ratesCommentsPremiumToxic workplace culture top driver of ‘great resignation’

Employers scrambling to hold onto workers during the Great Resignation should take a hard look inward. The biggest predictor of employee attrition isn’t pay, a new analysis finds, but toxic workplace culture.

Ella Ceron

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Workplace tragedyPremium
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Worksafe probes laundry heat after mother’s shocking death

Zenaida Fabian was working 60-hour weeks in extreme heat when she collapsed at the Maddington plant, dying two days later.

Michael Traill and Brianna Dugan

OHS rulesCommentsPremiumPM flags workplace COVID-19 testing rules should be relaxed

Employers may soon no longer be required to test staff for COVID-19 to meet health and safety requirements, with the PM flagging a relaxation of rules to cope with a testing crunch around the country.

Adrian Lowe

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‘Deplorable’ conditionsPremium
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Perth laundry worker dies after hellish heat collapse

A mother of three died on Christmas Eve after collapsing in extreme heat while working at an industrial laundry, according to two of WA’s most powerful unions.

Michael Traill

Workplace MattersTrain delays likely after overnight strike

Sydney commuters have been encouraged to avoid travelling by train on Tuesday morning because of an overnight strike by rail workers.

AAP

Company finedPremiumWorker’s amputated arm costs engineering firm $200,000

Magistrate sentences company over injuries to worker sustained while he was polishing steel.

Adrian Lowe

Worksite tragedyCommentsPremiumDriller cops $256,000 fine over contractor’s death

The worker died of head injuries at worksite near Leonora after being hit by machinery that WorkSafe says was unsafe to use.

Adrian Lowe

Workplace MattersStrike to stop Sydney trains overnight

Sydney's trains will be out of action due to an overnight strike and commuters are being encouraged to avoid travelling on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning.

Greta Stonehouse

Workplace MattersNSW commuters face more industrial action

Sydney and regional NSW commuters face "major disruption" because of industrial action in the lead-up to Christmas, Transport for NSW says.

Hannah Ryan

Workplace MattersNo agreement as NSW train strikes escalate

Negotiations will continue on an agreement for train drivers in NSW after union members refused to drive foreign-built trains for a second week.

AAP

‘Core business issue’CommentsPremiumLeading companies commit to new sexual harassment policies

More than half of some of Australia’s top companies and organisations implement new policies to make the issue a workplace health and safety concern, rather than a legal one.

Adrian Lowe

Plan setCommentsPremiumPush to boost Indigenous representation in jobs, on boards

Greater representation of Indigenous Australians on company boards and as business owners is at the centre of a new government plan to boost jobs and skills.

Adrian Lowe

Survivor’s accountVideoPremiumBrave worker reveals horrific domestic abuse story

Lorraine’s story has opened the conversation about what workplaces and businesses can do to help prevent violence against women.

Adrian Lowe

Step upCommentsPremiumTime for bosses to boost Indigenous vaccination: Kirkup

WA employers with large Indigenous workforces must step up to help boost the low rates of vaccination for COVID-19, former state opposition leader Zak Kirkup says.

Adrian Lowe

Major barriersCommentsPremiumOne-third of people with disability in work earn under $20k

About one in four Australians with disability are unhappy with the amount of work they get and do not earn enough, new polling has revealed.

Adrian Lowe

Jab mandateCommentsPremiumWA’s 39,000 vax hold-outs set to lose jobs

Almost 5 per cent of WA’s workforce are yet to decide if they will be vaccinated against COVID-19, despite new jab mandates kicking in this month.

Adrian Lowe