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The class action involves junior doctors who worked at the Royal Hobart Hospital and the Launceston General Hospital during the past six years. 

Behind Australia's tug-of-war between office headquarters or working from home, a growing number of employers have found a middle ground, providing the best of both worlds for both their workers and their business. 

For 13 years, Sophie Orupe has been a forklift driver in Western Sydney, with very few female colleagues in her industry. In Australia, half of all occupations where males make up at least 80 per cent of the workforce are in shortage. 

As symptoms of burnout rise, an increasing number of women are turning to reading retreats as a salve for stress.

From the cockpit of his chopper, Jedd Manning is dropping supplies to disaster-affected areas one day and rounding up rebellious cattle the next.

Stephen Douglas died in a 7-minute attack by a patient during a home visit. The situation bore "significant similarities" to another workplace stabbing 12 months earlier.

Gough Whitlam poured sand into the hands of Vincent Lingiari 50 years ago, marking the first Aboriginal community to be given land back from the Commonwealth — but Gurindji leaders say more still needs to be done to ensure economic prosperity.

The Canberra Symphony Orchestra warns it could one day not have enough musicians to perform if proposed changes to the Australian National University go ahead.

A Wodonga business owner says he will consider moving across the border if Victoria's proposal to make working from home two days a week a legal right becomes law.

People living with disability in regional South Australia say it is hard to navigate new career paths as they do not have enough employment opportunities in their towns. 

An iron-ore mine on Tasmania's north-west coast plans to move its operations underground by 2035 in a push that would improve the longevity and carbon footprint of the mine — but at the likely cost of jobs.

Ever wished you could get paid to do what you do for fun? Three people share what it's really like.

Working from home may become the presumed status of Australia's white-collar workforce as part of a new push from the Australian Services Union.

The airline giant will face a $90 million penalty over its decision to illegally outsource more than 1,800 ground handling jobs during the COVID pandemic.

Depression, cancer, sleep apnoea and migraines are among the leading health burdens on our workforce and it's costing Australia billions of dollars in lost work and lowered productivity, new research reveals.

While women play an increasingly large role in the mining industry, it is not reflected in management roles or prominent positions at conferences like Diggers and Dealers.

Improving productivity – producing more with less – has been the focus of many Australian governments since federation.

The peak union group says a shorter work week would improve productivity and reduce burnout, adding workers should also be able to share in the spoils of the expected artificial intelligence boom.

A doctor who treated a constable that later took his own life defends his treatment plan to a coronial inquest, while describing him as a "gentle, beautiful man".

A 25-year-old woman is speaking out years after she was allegedly sexually harassed by her boss at a Mexican restaurant, after the Federal Court this month ordered he pay her a record $305,000.