The Andrews Labor Government is growing Victoria’s healthcare workforce – recruiting more than 1,200 doctors, nurses, midwives and allied health professionals from overseas so Victorians get the care they deserve.

The first four-day work week has been confirmed for an Australian company, after the Australian Services Union (ASU) secured an agreement with Oxfam Australia.

With Australia's unemployment rate close to a record low and job advertisement figures climbing, farmers in remote rural areas are struggling to compete with the employment options available in cities. 

The number of international doctors moving away from rural and remote areas increased by more than 50% in the last six months of 2022, according to official statistics.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 3.5 per cent in February, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

The Commonwealth Government has undertaken a review of the Privacy Act and suggested forthcoming changes, which will have implications for Australian employers.

South Korea's current laws allow a 52-hour work week — 40 hours of regular work plus 12 hours of overtime. The country's opposition Democratic Party introduced this when it was in power back in 2018.

Atlassian has announced a five percent staff reduction, "around 500" people in real terms, a move it says will “rebalance our team to better position Atlassian for the long term”.

Aussies could soon be working four days a week and receiving the same full-time pay, under new recommendations from a senate committee report.