Five steps your business can take to improve equality in the workplace
Despite efforts to improve equity between men and women in the workplace, women still earn considerably less than their male colleagues and remain under-represented at the management level. Here are five ways to strengthen the cause of workplace equality.
Four easy tips to mitigate modern-day stress from an entrepreneur and meditation expert
In today’s fast-paced world, you’re not going to avoid stress. There’s always stuff going on. But you do have a fundamental choice in how you manage it.
Fathers with caregiver responsibilities face same level of workplace discrimination as mothers: study
Women are often the main focus in the caregiving conversation, but a new report reveals that working fathers trying to shoulder more care of their children feel discriminated against in the workplace.
“Advertise a salary range”: Seek chief of people and culture on recruitment trends
Kathleen McCudden of Seek said while economic factors will encourage many workers to stay put this year, the talent market will remain tight.
Injured sports stars are not entitled to workers’ compensation. How we can fix the problem
Inadequate, inequitable, and in some cases possibly in breach of workers’ compensation laws. That’s how bad the current insurance arrangements are for Australia’s professional sports people.
Why online learning can help advance gender equity in the digital world
The digital world offers massive opportunities for skills development in a variety of areas which can ultimately lead to career advancement in leadership roles.
How to do something about the 12 million days a year Aussie workplaces lose to poor mental health
Untreated mental health conditions cost Australian workplaces $10.9 billion per year — $4.7 billion in absenteeism, $6.1 billion in presenteeism and $146 million in compensation claims.
Small businesses touched by dozens of recommendations in massive Productivity Commission report
The vast document addresses small business issues in several key moments, calling for decision-makers to reassess the workplace awards system, reconsider how banks finance entrepreneurs, and better share innovative ideas with startups.
The ‘great burnout’ is hampering Aussie workers’ productivity
You’ve probably heard about the “great resignation” which saw large numbers of people resigning from their jobs in the US in 2021 and 2022. We didn’t see resignations over and above what is normal in Australia. However, we did see workers resisting the post-COVID return to the office.
An expert behind the Productivity Commission’s 5-year review shares his recommendations for the Australian economy
Over the 60 years to 2019-20, labour productivity (production per hour worked) grew at an average of 1.8% per year, which sounds small but compounds each year.
Australians to cop an extra two hours of work each week if productivity doesn’t lift, Chalmers says
The average working week will blow out by two hours and wages will plummet 40% if Australia does not radically boost its productivity, Treasurer Jim Chalmers will say Thursday, sending a clear message that industry — including small businesses — must find an edge or fall behind.
EX: Do your staff feel safe enough to express themselves, try new things, fail and grow?
In an era where the power dynamic between job hunters and employers has well and truly flipped, it’s more important than ever to foster a sense of safety and job satisfaction.
