The Latest Breaking News from Fair Work Commission

Australia’s minimum wage is shrinking compared to median pay, bucking global trends

Government claims Labor leader is improperly interfering with independent process, but it wouldn’t be the first time a precise number was proposed

Hundreds of aged care workers in Queensland and Western Australia walk off the job in a stand for better pay and work conditions, but South Australian aged care staff remained diligently at work after the Fair Work Commission put off their strike until the day after the federal election.

Labor leader says he ‘absolutely’ supports increase, after earlier declining to commit to figure pushed by unions

Aged care worker Carlton Williams also has a hospitality job to makes ends meet — and says he gets "paid more to pour drinks and wait tables" than to "look after someone's life".

Mark Wooden reportedly said Labor was playing ‘political games’ by saying it would lift wages

Anthony Albanese has used a Labour Day march to spruik his plan for stronger wages under Labor to thousands of unionists in Brisbane.

Anthony Albanese has pledged a Labor government would make gender pay equity an objective of the Fair Work Act and strengthen the Fair Work Commission’s powers to order pay rises for workers in low paid industries dominated by women.

Aged care worker Glen O'Driscoll says staff are overworked and worn out. The Coalition has promised billions since the royal commission, but Labor is making aged care an election issue.