End the Zoom gloom: Five ways to make meetings better in 2022
Videos off. Videos on but openly ignoring the meeting underway. Turning up late. Leaving abruptly. It’s time to brush up on modern meeting manners!
Hybrid hiring: Five skills every business should look for in a candidate
With the talent shortage a continuing cause of concern, decision makers need to address the framework of their traditional hiring processes.
Is now the time for Australia to embrace the four-day work week?
A four-day work week is well within the realm of economic feasibility. But how much, if anything, would it cost in terms of lost production and lower wages?
If you are hiring staff and not leveraging LinkedIn, you’re a bloody idiot
With over 12 million Australian and 810 million global members, LinkedIn is the most powerful platform on the planet for professionals and companies.
“Undervalued”: Women still less likely to earn the big bucks
Women remain undervalued and underrepresented in the Australian workforce, according to Mary Wooldridge, director of Australia’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency.
Sexual discrimination at work needs to end, and small businesses can lead the way
Following Brittany Higgins’ powerful address at the National Press Club, Tara Ladd, founder of Your One & Only, outlines why, and how, small business can lead the way when it comes to ending sexual discrimination at work.
Why we need national laws to protect women, and why it’s everyone’s job to demand them
"Violence against women is a workplace issue, and we need to talk about it in the workplace," writes Sarah Moran.
High Court backs businesses in “groundbreaking” cases on contractor rights
It will be easier for businesses to hire workers as independent contractors, rather than having to offer the full benefits of employment, after two High Court rulings handed down yesterday.
Remote workers will holiday twice as much as office workers, report says
Will you be a laptop lugger or a disconnector? How you work will determine how often you holiday, a new report from Deloitte suggests.
Paid parental leave is becoming more common, but a divide between industries still exists
Research from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency points to a great divide in who can and can’t access paid parental leave.
Encouraging people to move jobs for a pay rise misses the point
Josh Frydenberg recently encouraged workers looking for a pay rise to switch jobs to a higher paying employer, but this could have devastating effects on both SME owners and job-hoppers.
Why investing in clean indoor air would give us lasting benefits beyond the pandemic
If performance and education matter we ought to be treating clean air as an investment in productivity, over and above its undoubted benefit in containing the spread of COVID-19.
