Clay Lucas
Clay Lucas is workplace editor for The Age. Clay has worked at The Age since 2005, covering state politics, urban affairs, transport and local government for The Age and Sunday Age. Clay won a Quill with Age investigative reporter Royce Millar in 2009.
ACTU urges $30-a-week rise for lowest paid
Clay Lucas More than a million low-paid Australians who depend on the nation's award system to set their wages should get a 79 cents-an-hour wage rise, the ACTU has told the national industrial relations...
'No penalties, no work'
Clay Lucas Heather Thomas spends her weekdays at university and her weekends waiting on tables.
Rise in number of 457 holders employed for postal deliveries
Clay Lucas Australia Post is employing unskilled workers on 457 visa holders to deliver parcels and sort mail, according to a union, which says they are being used to drive down the postal service's costs.
Post 'turning blind eye' to 457 workers
Clay Lucas Increasing numbers of 457 visa holders are delivering letters and parcels on Melbourne's fringes for Australia Post contractors, according to a union that says they are being used to drive down the...
Restaurateurs push for cut to weekend wages
Clay Lucas Push by owners would lead to a wages cut for more than half a million low-paid workers union says.
Coalition's plan for workers revealed
Clay Lucas and Ben Schneiders Individual workers will be able to strike a deal with their employer over hours and working conditions, but only if they remain better off overall, under the opposition's new industrial relations...
Union rage as jobs go offshore
Clay Lucas Telstra and other companies that reap millions of dollars in public money from contracts with the Australian government should lose this work if they send large numbers of jobs overseas, unions argue.
Rules block bid to check up on foreign labour rorts
Daniel Hurst, Clay Lucas DUBIOUS applications for foreign worker visas have been approved because rules prevented officials from investigating their suspicions, the federal government argues.
Virgin employee wins job back after hair row
Noel Towell and Clay Lucas A Virgin Airlines flight attendant sacked for not conforming to the carrier's hairstyle bible has won his unfair dismissal battle.
Long-haired Virgin steward wins back his job
Noel Towell and Clay Lucas A Virgin Airlines flight attendant sacked for not conforming to the carrier's hairstyle bible has won his unfair dismissal battle.
Changes afoot as only half are happy in their line of work
Clay Lucas Only half of Australia's 11.5 million employees believe they are in the right line of work, new research completed for a national career counselling business shows.
Fly-in, fly-out jobs strain families and work loyalty
Clay Lucas AUSTRALIA'S growing army of fly-in, fly-out workers - which now numbers around 200,000 people in the mining sector - suffer from severe stress on their family relationships, and many believe their...
Lawrence tipped for Fair Work bench
Clay Lucas Former ACTU chief tipped for appointment to the nation's industrial relations commission.
Want to rise to the top? Be their friend
Clay Lucas Bosses at elite US firms choose job candidates with whom they would like to be friends.
Sham contracts leave builders short-changed
Clay Lucas Up to 50,000 Australian builders could be missing out on the holidays, sick leave and superannuation they are entitled to, as a result of being improperly employed as contractors instead of permanent...
Scientists threaten to strike in funding row at key research facility
Clay Lucas ABOUT 100 scientists, engineers and technicians who run the Australian Synchrotron research centre are poised to take their first strike action over pay.
HSU to sell sports treasures
Clay Lucas Incoming officials are planning to sell off unusual assets accumulated under former leader.
Under the hammer - HSU boss and his souvenirs
Clay Lucas WITH the overthrow of the Marcos regime came the discovery of treasure and one of the world's largest collections of designer shoes.
Ex-Darebin mayor to capture HSU post
Clay Lucas Bitter fight for control of Health Services Union results in likely win for candidate with federal Labor links.
Shorten warns on holiday pay ripoff
Clay Lucas Young workers, especially those in hospitality and retail, should be wary of being underpaid over the Christmas holiday period, Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten says.
