Transport Workers Union is applying for world-first minimum pay and conditions for rideshare drivers as a new survey shows substandard take-home wages are forcing drivers to sleep in their cars, skip meals and drink less fluid to minimise toilet breaks.

45 years ago we lost John Lennon. Tonight the light shines in the window of his childhood bedroom at Mendips, just around the corner from Strawberry Field Liverpool. Thank you to Andy from @nationaltrust for sharing this special moment of remembrance. 🤍

Workers at biotech giant CSL will strike for 24 hours on Friday in pursuit of higher wages and conditions as unions accuse the company of disrespecting its highly skilled workforce while executives take home multimillion-­dollar salaries.

Labor will offer relief to employers impacted by millions of dollars in debts associated with the coal mining long service leave scheme, waiving 20 per cent of outstanding amounts and giving companies six years to backpay leave entitlements in instalments.

Former NSW CFMEU leaders Darren and Michael Greenfield have been sentenced to jail for 30 months and 18 months respectively for accepting bribes while senior union officials.

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Employee stress has become a significant driver of unscheduled absences from work, as companies reorganise their workforce and adopt artificial intelligence and automation, a national survey of managers says. https://t.co/Gs1zk5zRrv

Airlines, schools, and hospitals would be compelled to devise ­action plans to reduce the risk of violence and aggression against public-facing employees under an ACTU push to combat rising threats to the safety of flight ­attendants, nurses and teachers.

Almost one in two employees using artificial intelligence at work admit they have uploaded sensitive company information, including financial, sales or customer data, into public AI tools, creating privacy and security risks.

The CFMEU has moved to purge the ranks of its biggest branch, with up to 10 Victorian staff, mostly organisers, taking redundancies, and more job cuts expected shortly. https://t.co/x7gDgCYXCU

Westpac has backpaid $50.2m owed to 47,000 staff underpaid over 11 years and made a record $800,000 “contrition payment” to the commonwealth under an agreement with the Fair Work Ombudsman.

Former CFMEU boss John Setka has been arrested and charged with seven counts of using a carriage service to menace. Police allege he sent threatening and harassing emails to CFMEU administrator Mark Irving. Bailed to appear in court on Jan 30.

Stressed ANZ workers are experiencing stomach pain, headaches and muscle tensions with soaring employee anxiety caused by rolling job cuts spilling negatively into their family lives. Over 1000 employees and 1000 contractors have already been cut.

The annual cost of silicosis-­relatedpayments to workers in Victoria will soar to $30m by 2031, with the greatest share related to claims by workers aged 35 to 44, research by Monash University reveals. @australian

Higher education institutions have been forced to backpay an extraordinary $218m to over 110,000 ripped off workers, with the University of Wollongong the latest to strike a deal with the FWO, forking out $6.6m to 5340 staff underpaid over 10 years.

Average annual private sector pay rises in new enterprise agreements have hit a 16-year high of 4.3 per cent, with the number of workers covered by enterprise agreements rising to 2.8 million, the highest on record. @australian

The Fair Work Commission has ordered Uber to repay lost wages to a driver who was unfairly deactivated, in a landmark ruling under Labor’s gig worker laws. @australian

Coalition slumps to its worst primary vote in Newspoll history, crashing to 27%. Sussan Ley’s net approval rating plunged to minus-17, with 32% of voters satisfied with her performance and 49% dissatisfied. One Nation up to 10%.

Workers on Australia’s biggest ­renewable-energy project, Snowy Hydro 2.0, will receive upfront pay rises of at least $50,000 under a new deal that will see their annual wage increase to $300,000.

The cost of rectifying underpayments to thousands of Woolworths and Coles managers could soar by $1bn to $1.3bn according to estimates by the supermarket giants in the wake of a landmark Federal Court judgment.