Working on public holidays

If you're a permanent employee it's your right not to work on public holidays.Continue Reading →

Industrial action

Industrial action or a 'strike' occurs when a group of employees decide to stop work to put pressure on an employer about an issue in the workplace.Continue Reading →

Workplace bullying

Find out what workplace bullying is and how you can stop it.Continue Reading →

Back pay

Back pay is money that is owed to an employee for work already done.Continue Reading →

Award wages

How is your pay rate worked out? Who says who gets what? These are big questions that employers, unions and governments have spent over a century arguing about.Continue Reading →

Hints and help for work experience

Make the most of school-led work experience by reading our hints.Continue Reading →