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- Working from home
‘Not a productivity problem’: Why WFH isn’t going away anytime soon
Hybrid working has become the new normal in Australia, according to research that suggests this is more good than bad.
- 29 mins ago
- Euan Black
I waste hours in meetings every day. How can I get out of them?
Spending hours every day in unproductive meetings is a recipe for burnout. Inventium’s Amantha Imber says you must raise this with your manager.
- 1 hr ago
- Euan Black
Burnt out, distracted: is the modern workplace broken?
Medibank executives are among those who think the answer to a disengaged workforce lies in a four-day workweek, but bosses worry that workers have gone soft.
- Euan Black
Yesterday
Mining industry to spend $24m to derail IR laws
Rio Tinto, BHP and Glencore are spending big on the minerals council’s campaign to stop Labor’s “same job, same pay” laws for labour hire workers.
- David Marin-Guzman
Rally is a ‘communication meeting’ workers should be paid for: CFMEU
Builders are calling on the workplace umpire to intervene over the CFMEU’s demands that members who attend a union rally about silica dust be paid.
- David Marin-Guzman
This Month
Wharfie strikes causing delays that ‘could empty stores at Christmas’
The wharfies’ union has escalated industrial action at DP World terminals across the country, causing shipping delays of up to eight days.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Opinion
- Investment banking
Why expenses are a fraught form of fraud
The Citi sandwich case shows why some rule-benders get a lot more sympathy than others. If a company wants to fire someone, the easiest way to do it is to go through their expenses.
- Pilita Clark
Engineers and cyber talent earn big bucks as other tech workers suffer
Day rates for most IT contractors are failing to keep pace with inflation, but cybersecurity experts and software developers are doing just fine.
- Euan Black
Menulog warns of $15 price rise unless value of gig work enshrined
Managing director Morten Belling says the Closing Loopholes Bill does not recognise that workers prefer the “dynamic earnings” of gig work that lifts pay with demand.
- David Marin-Guzman
I’m returning to work after having a child. How can I get into gear?
Returning to work after having a baby is a major life change, says Parents at Work CEO Emma Walsh. So be kind to yourself and be willing to experiment.
- Euan Black
‘Like extra sleep’: the anti-burnout trend that’s just a breath away
A rising number of employers are turning to something called breathwork to help staff build resilience and improve their mental health after the pandemic.
- Euan Black
Downsizing by stealth: How not to lay off staff
Mass redundancies kicked up a gear this year as profits have been squeezed. But not all employers have been upfront about the cuts and some have done it better than others.
- Euan Black
DoorDash fears food delivery prices could triple under gig worker laws
The on-demand delivery service claims “the sky is effectively the limit” under the government’s bill to set minimum conditions for gig workers.
- David Marin-Guzman
Three-day dairy strike to upset milk supplies
More than 150 truck drivers for dairy giant Saputo have walked off the job for 48 hours and are set to be followed by 1400 Victorian dairy processing workers.
- David Marin-Guzman
Team Global Express supervisor took scotch, deck reno from truckies
A Melbourne dispatcher took the Christine Holgate-led company to the Fair Work Commission claiming unfair dismissal.
- David Marin-Guzman
Unions refuse to back down on Chevron LNG strikes
Chevron workers have gone against the umpire’s recommendations to cancel industrial action this Thursday.
- David Marin-Guzman
Uber warns of 85pc price rise under Labor’s gig economy laws
Modelling by the digital platform shows it may have to lift rideshare and food delivery prices by 60 to 85 per cent if it’s forced to pay gig workers penalty rates.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Exclusive
- Productivity
How Slack is costing you time, and your boss money
The average Australian knowledge worker loses 166 hours of focus time each year to unproductive work-related chat messages, according to a study by Economist Impact.
- Updated
- Euan Black
Wharfies union withdraws Qube bans after ‘secondary boycott’ claims
The logistics group had accused the wharfies union of targeting it with an illegal secondary boycott under the pretence of protected action against DP World.
- David Marin-Guzman
Australia’s most powerful directors revealed
As AGM season kicks off, the BOSS index of the country’s most influential board members reveals the era of the all-dominating chairman may be coming to an end.
- Updated
- Patrick Durkin
