Why employers and employees alike need to rethink flexible work requests
Many employees, and employers, don't intend to return to the traditional nine-to-five office job, but how do these views fit with our employment laws?
The one-day refund: Four steps to regaining precious time
Imagine if you had a whole extra day per week available to you, what would you decide to do with it?
Gender pay gap in Australia falls slightly down to 13.8%
The new data, released on Thursday afternoon by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, shows that on average, there is a difference of $255 per week in the full-time earnings of men and women in Australia.
How I landed my dream job for $8 during the ‘Great Re-evaluation’
When startup founder Nim de Swardt decided to apply for a new job, she didn't go down the usual path.
Remote, overseas workers: What are the HR implications for employers?
With the continuation of hybrid work, there has been a massive spike in people working remotely — and even overseas. But what are the hidden HR implications that Australian businesses need to consider?
Are you a T.W.A.T? How the pandemic created a new cohort of hybrid workers
Are you now working full-time back at the office, or are you a T.W.A.T — an acronym to describe the hybrid workforce who only come into the office three days a week.
Half of all Australians with a disability are not employed. This business model could fix that
An unique business model developed in Newcastle could help many more disabled Australians into the workforce.
What made Anna Delvey and the Tinder Swindler such successful scammers?
How is it that so many people could have been gullible enough to buy the fantastical stories spun by Anna Sorokin and Simon Leviev?
Courier drivers to receive enforceable rates due to “landmark win”
Transport Workers' Union have won a battle to see an enforceable rate of $43.71 an hour paid to owner-drivers of vans with a carrying capacity between 1.5 and 3 tonnes.
Fake London design agency dupes 50 staff members into working for free
More than 50 staff on a commission-only salary were horrified to discover the glamorous design agency they were hired to work at in the UK, and other colleagues, were completely faked.
Timing matters: Why you should reconsider when, and how, you reward your employees
Employers can often sweat over the "what" aspect of an employee reward, without considering the "when". Behavioural science expert Bri Williams explains why this shouldn't be overlooked.
Social unicorns: Let’s measure business success in impact, not dollars
While the allure of building a billion-dollar company still endures, especially in technology, there are strong indications a new kind of unicorn really is being born. A social unicorn.