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Walk-in nail salons are a mainstay of shopping hubs across Australia, but not enough is known about the health problems nail technicians face. Experts say it is time that changed.

Các tiệm làm móng nhận khách trực tiếp đã trở thành hình ảnh quen thuộc tại các trung tâm mua sắm trên khắp nước Úc. Thế nhưng, những rủi ro sức khỏe mà người lao động trong ngành kỹ nghệ nail phải đối mặt vẫn chưa được nghiên cứu đầy đủ. Các chuyên gia cho rằng đã đến lúc cần thay đổi thực trạng này.

Mining giant Glencore will employ almost 30 international workers at Mount Isa Mines amid criticism the company is overlooking domestic workers. 

Australia's Disability Discrimination Act is decades old, with reform "well overdue". Removing the burden of proof could be the first step.

The dispute between HungryPanda and some of its riders has taken another twist, with the food delivery company accusing some workers of intimidation and blackmail.

Four million people are tipped to live in Western Australia by 2043 according to a new report which warns the boom could be derailed by a housing shortage. 

Migrant workers in Victoria's east were made to pay $190 a week to their employer for overcrowded, mouldy accommodation.

A Queensland banana farmer spent 10 years saving to build a chapel for the Tongan workers who form the backbone of her family’s operation on Cape York Peninsula. 

South Australia's Premier Peter Malinauskas has been criticised across the political divide for comments he made asking One Nation voters "who's going to feed you and bathe you and wipe your bum when you're 90", but a government spokesperson says the comments have been mischaracterised.

A Tasmanian council's move to introduce a four-day work week, in part to attract and retain staff, has been abandoned after pushback by a business lobby group and what has been described as "unacceptable hostility" towards staff on social media.

Australia's anti-slavery commissioner calls for tough new laws forcing companies to take slavery in their supply chains seriously, as Ansell and Kmart face scrutiny.

Tradies are walking out. Not over ability or aptitude but toilets — in a symbol of the sector's persistent barriers.

Mark hasn't taken on a hairdressing trainee for years. He's not alone in thinking low-wage apprenticeships just aren't attractive to young people anymore.

A generation of children in South-East Asia are growing up without their mothers, who have to work abroad for decades to make ends meet.

Temporary migrants reliant on visas are at high risk of workplace harassment, according to the Migrant Justice Institute.

A major cruise ship has been investigated by the maritime safety regulator for claims around poor working conditions. A spokesperson for The Carnival Cruise Line says it has "nothing to hide" and welcomes AMSA's oversight. Here's what we know so far.

Temporary teachers in Indonesia paid low wages criticise a government decision to direct one third of yearly education funding to the president's flagship free meals program.

A 47-year-old worker has died following an incident at the Tanami gold mine in remote Central Australia, with police and NT WorkSafe investigating.

Dozens of carpentry apprentices in the Northern Territory will be forced back to TAFE after an error saw them declared qualified to work on construction projects without completing required units of study.

I've spent my working life in what I like to call the "honesty gap". This kind of creative disclosure became a necessary art form to maintain my work life.