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Natasha Boddy

August 2022

Beverly Stacey says ABB hasn’t had to force staff to attend the office because they enjoy socialising.

Office occupancy rates go backwards for the first time in six months

The omicron wave and a surge in flu cases last month kept city workers home. 

Ted Lasso

Ted Lasso’s leadership lessons for CEOs

Poor communication can lead to confusion, a perception of an inability to lead effectively and even resistance from staff. Here’s how CEOs can become better communicators.

Kim Pickens

Would you take a pay cut for better work/life balance?

About one in three Australian workers would consider a taking a small pay cut of between 2 per cent and 5 per cent if the job offered better work/life balance, according to a LinkedIn survey.

July 2022

Blythe Whittier swapped call centre work for a job in IT.

Not tech-savvy? No matter, here’s how to join the digital jobs rush

The tight labour market and skills crisis across numerous industries means it is an ideal time for workers mulling a career change.

BHP FIFO worker Lydia Gentle was promoted while on maternity leave.

Five ways to break the glass ceiling

A new report recommends scorecards, linking executive pay to diversity, equity and inclusion targets, and fast-tracking women into leadership to improve corporate Australia’s gender balance.

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Isabella Bennetts-Roberts of OiOi Global said she had had to work long hours and weekends as well as call on family and friends to help fulfil orders at times of high staff absences.

The states hit the hardest by surging sick leave wave

Employers in Victoria and Tasmania were hit the hardest by last month’s surge in COVID-19 and flu cases that pushed leave rates higher.

Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas.

Appetite for COVID-19 rules wanes

Victoria has rejected medical advice to reimpose mask mandates and the federal government will scrap free rapid antigen tests.

Should companies keep salaries a secret?

Is it a good idea to know just how much your colleagues are earning? Talking about your salary is often taboo, but it has its advantages.

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How work leave policies have exploded

The war for talent has sparked an abundance of employee perks and different types of leave as workers increasingly prioritise work-life balance.

Focus generic

Four quick hacks to boost your focus at work

Ever find yourself drifting off during the middle of the day? Three experts share their top tips on how to regain your work mojo quickly.

June 2022

Australia is in the grip of a talent shortage.

Battle for talent as the great jobs boom takes off

Employers are facing the stiffest competition for workers in almost half a century as the balance of power shifts to workers and drives up salaries.

A WA parliamentary inquiry has revealed a high level of sexual harassment in the mining industry.

Calls for FIFO sexual harassers register

Mining companies should introduce background checks for workers and consider an industry-wide register for sexual harassers.

This three-carat marquise diamond ring hallmarked W. Davis will go on auction.

From four locked safes comes Australia’s largest jewellery auction

More than 10,000 items belonging to a reclusive Melbourne jeweller are being sold in the country’s largest single estate jewellery auction.

Construction Design Co-Ordinator at Scentre Group, Emily Matheson.

Inside the push to make construction more female-friendly

Construction companies are rolling out shorter working weeks, superannuation on unpaid leave and a zero gender pay gap in a bid to boost the number of women in the industry.

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Port Adelaide renter Shay Leach’s apartment is so cold that she has considered buying an air conditioner, but is worried her landlord would then jack up the rent.

Renters return to the office for warmth as power bills skyrocket

Port Adelaide renter Shay Leach has started heading into her CBD office for warmth as her apartment has become too expensive to heat properly.

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Nicole Liu started her own health tech company called Kin Fertility

Why I quit the corporate world to go it alone

Five entrepreneurs reveal why they stopped climbing the corporate ladder to launch their own start-ups.

Victoria Mills

Does coaching make you a better boss?

Searches for such training on Google have increased 170 per cent in the past five years. Here’s why more leaders are turning to it.

One in four people say they have a bad apple on their team

One in four people work with a bad apple. Is it you?

One in four workers think they have a bad apple on their team – and more than one in 10 say it is their manager.

Many readers appeared unimpressed with the RBA’s handling of monetary policy in the past 12 to 18 months.

Anthony Albanese ‘refreshing’ as prime minister, readers say

Anthony Albanese has had an impressive start to the top job, according to The Financial Review readers, with some describing his first weeks in office as refreshing.

Stephanie Atanasovski says she loves going in to the office for collaboration.

Inside Cotton On’s secret HQ

For the first time in nearly a decade, Cotton On lifts the lid on its New York-style headquarters, where staff can get subsidised childcare, spa treatments, and free fitness classes.

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