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Calombaris fined over $7m restaurant staff underpayment

Celebrity chef George Calombaris has been found to have underpaid staff at his restaurants by nearly $8 million.

Middle class chase crumbs as the elites eat cake

As wealth continues to gather in the bank accounts of the secure few, a swathe of the Australian middle-class is languishing in part-time work with stagnant pay, argues Malcolm King.

The average wage for a cook in South Australia is well below the minimum wage for migrants, the Migration Institute of Australia says. File photo.

Call to scrap 'eastern states-equivalent' minimum wage for migrants to SA

Regulations forcing South Australian employers to pay eastern states-equivalent wages to migrants and preventing many international students from working here should be scrapped, the migration industry’s peak body says.

When business kicks away the ladder of opportunity

The widening gap between profits and wages growth is damaging Australia’s social fabric, writes Malcolm King, but that’s not the only source of pain between workers and business.

Wages growth worse than expected

Don’t bank on getting a decent pay rise any time soon, with the latest wage growth figures weaker than expected.

Only two ways to increase wages: Morrison

Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison says there are two ways to increase wages – through a pay rise from an employer because of increased productivity or through an income tax cut.