‘Poor-performing businesses are driven out’: Danielle Wood opens Jobs Summit with call to maintain full employment
Grattan Institute CEO Danielle Wood opened the hotly-anticipated Jobs Summit with a rousing keynote speech declaring full employment should be "our economic lodestar".
My biggest mistake: Chantelle de la Rey, chief executive officer of Disruptiv
Chantelle de la Rey tells SmartCompany Plus that her biggest mistake was simple — and one that many women face, regardless of industry.
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.
The shift to working from home is helping women with endometriosis reach their full work potential
A national survey of women with endometriosis found a lack of flexible arrangements created hardships in the workplace.
Amid The Great Resignation, employers must also recognise The Great Burnout
There's another testing time ahead for employers, one that carries its own risks and opportunities, and may impact a different cohort of people — 'The Great Burnout'.
Monash Business School launches new program to help empower CALD women in the workplace
Monash Business School is launching a new executive education program for women from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
Melissa Ashcroft is the only woman on the list of top commercial brokers. She says that needs to change
General manager of AAA Financial Group Melissa Ashcroft is the only woman to feature on the top commercial brokers list, and the only woman in the past five years to make the cut.
Inaction on paid parental leave slows economic progress for women, research finds
Continuing imbalance in paid parental leave is only exacerbating economic inequity between men and women, according to new research.
Budget 2021: The government listened to women… but is it enough?
Many of the budget's changes for women pale in comparison to other spending measures. But they will go some way to meeting advocates’ demands.
New Zip Co policy offers two weeks of paid leave to employees experiencing miscarriage or pregnancy loss
Aussie BNPL giant Zip Co is offering two weeks of paid leave for employees who suffer miscarriage or pregnancy loss before 20 weeks.
Ita Buttrose, Lucy Turnbull and more call on the PM to “address Australia’s gender crisis”
A number of prominent Aussie women have signed an open letter urging Scott Morrison to take action and "move towards a better, more equal future".
Mentors are failing to accelerate women’s careers: But there’s a solution
Mentoring alone cannot help women break through career barriers, but formal sponsorship can accelerate gender balance in an organisation.
