The company behind the successful bid for Virgin Australia, Bain Capital, has vowed to keep thousands of jobs, honour all employee entitlements and carry forward all travel credits and Velocity frequent flyer booked flights. Key points: Boston-based global investment firm Bain Capital has vowed to protect jobs and invest in regional services The sale needs to be approved in August …
Virgin Australia has narrowed the shortlist of bidders for the troubled airline down to two: Boston-based private investment firm Bain Capital, and global investor Cyrus Capital Partners, which has links to British billionaire and Virgin founder Richard Branson. Key points: After a competitive process, two bidders have emerged for Virgin Australia and final bids are due on June 12 The …
As the world struggles to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, workers without paid leave entitlements are clearly among the most vulnerable in the sudden economic downturn. In this fact file, RMIT ABC Fact Check takes a look at casual workers and others without paid leave — how their work is defined, how many there are, and what their entitlements include. …
A former Queensland Nickel refinery worker says she has made a complaint to the Australian Taxation Office over her entitlement payment from the company funded by businessman Clive Palmer. Key points: The former QN worker said on her PAYG summary the payment was being treated as a salary rather than a redundancy She has opened a tip-off form to the …
The claim Wages growth and job insecurity are looming as prominent issues in the election campaign, with the ACTU warning that Australia is at risk of morphing into an "Americanised economy" of low wages and poor job security. ACTU secretary Sally McManus said that Australia had the "highest rate of temporary work in the OECD and the third-highest rate of …