Posts tagged "flexible work"

We’ve reached a point where the ability for an organisation to thrive remotely is too important to leave to chance. Every remote organisation must appoint one person whose role is to chart a path forward. 

In just two years, offering flexible working options has become a basic expectation for many employees. This is a huge step forward in the ongoing juggle between our work and home lives.

Workplace flexibility has long been a holy grail for parents, particularly women, trying to juggle the competing demands of work and family.

Hybrid work is here to stay. Over the past two years, flexible work combining the home and office has achieved mainstream success in many in…

Australian women are still channelling the chutzpah of Dolly, Lily and Jane, but they’re leaving the 9 to 5 behind, writes Sally Branson Dalwood.

Mandating employees to work in the office for at least part of their working week is not only a poor decision for reducing people’s autonomy, argues Amantha Imber, it’s also bad for women.

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?

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?

Women remain undervalued and underrepresented in the Australian workforce, according to Mary Wooldridge, director of Australia’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

Should companies and governments give the four-day work week a go? Here’s what we know so far about the benefits and pitfalls of shortening the weekly grind.

The decision to reject a worker’s request was deemed “fair and reasonable” in a case that could foreshadow an end to the widespread shift towards working from home.

A survey of 350 business owners and candidates found 69.7% of respondents found the most recent lockdowns more stressful than in 2020.