A security guard at last year's Australian Open tennis championship who was paid just $1.26 an hour for more than 150 hours of work has successfully sued his former employers for more than $115,000.
Managing Director of Workforce Guardian, Adrienne Unkovich talks to BNet's Phil Dobbie about the New Fair Work laws and how they will affect small business.
Four out of five small businesses say they're not ready for the introduction of the new workplace laws, many of which come into effect on 1 July, according to new research released from AMR Interactive.
Australia is a step closer to having a national Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) system after state and federal workplace relations ministers met on Monday, a leading business group says.
The Rudd government says it would be concerned if two women were sacked by new managers from a defence department childcare centre because they were on maternity leave.