Kentucky Education Commissioner Jon Draud knew and approved the extra cost of his new state vehicle, even after a finance official offered him a chance to reconsider because of the state’s bleak budget, government e-mails show.
In a March 20 e-mail to Robin Kinney, the education department’s associate commissioner for operations, Mitchell wrote that “all other [...]

Australia’s flagship airline is preparing to smash its unionised engineering workforce with non-union labour recruited in Asia and the Pacific, in a move that echoes the epic maritime dispute that rocked the waterfront a decade ago.
Documents seen by the Sydney Morning Herald show Qantas has engaged a labour hire company, Newport Aviation, to recruit the [...]

Complaints about unpaid trials, unfair dismissals and disputes over holiday pay have surprised some Queenstown employers, who back warnings from Citizens Advice Bureau staff for young workers to make sure they have a signed contract in place with their employers.
CAB spokeswoman Justine Cranfield said by law all workers should have an employment contract, but frequently [...]