This Month
Inside Atlassian’s new workplace – just don’t call it an office
The company’s new Melbourne site has been designed as a so-called connection hub. It only has 12 desks, with an emphasis on social spaces instead.
- Euan Black
You’re not alone, workers are avoiding becoming managers
Working from home is far from the only enduring workplace trend of the pandemic. It’s clear that our attitudes to work have changed significantly too.
- Euan Black
Rise of the ‘work from home’ husband as partners return to the office
In the United States, more than 2 per cent of male workers are fully remote but have a spouse who goes to a workplace.
- Madeleine Ross
June
Why WFH husbands don’t do the housework
There must be something about upbringing and environment that makes it so much harder for men to identify the chores that women see as crying out to be done.
- Lauren Shirreff
PM starts China talks; Tabcorp’s risky CEO bet; WFH secures $1.8m sale
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
- Updated
Working from home option secures $1.8m sale
A Gold Coast home had a commercial side to it that put most buyers in the area off. So the agent went further afield.
- Michael Bleby
- Exclusive
- Workplace
Domestic violence leave has been law for a year. Almost no one uses it
Employers are being urged to do more for victim survivors of domestic violence after a survey revealed new leave entitlements were hardly being used.
- Euan Black and Ronald Mizen
May
‘Coffee badging’ workers’ last stand in war on working from home
Like “showing face” in the House of Lords, “coffee badging” refers to the practice of conspicuously clocking in before sneakily leaving shortly after.
- Lucy Burton
Not a home office: cafe finds coffee and laptops don’t blend well
The same reasons that drove19th-century writers from their garrets have led office workers to colonise café tables.
- Jane Shilling
BHP’s $64b game; Chalmers slams ‘trick’ claim; Meme stock stupidity
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
April
Job seekers refuse to meet employers in person
Virtual job interviews are making it harder to assess applicants and highlighting a decline in people skills since the rise of working from home.
- Euan Black
Employees who refused WFH jobs get cut in redundancy payout
The Fair Work Commission has for the first time reduced payouts for retrenched Bartercard employees because they did not accept job offers requiring them to work entirely from home.
- David Marin-Guzman
Tenants race for top towers as B-grade buildings empty
The divide between prime buildings and secondary ones is most stark in Sydney. B-grade buildings will get left behind by tenants and lenders, experts say.
- Nick Lenaghan
Singapore orders all employers to consider flexi-time requests
Singapore’s move is in line with other countries including Ireland and the UK, where governments require businesses to consider flexi-work requests.
- Yihui Xie
‘Two way street’: Umpire rules WFH push ignores face-to-face benefits
The Fair Work Commission has backed staff returning to the office for collaboration after dismissing a bank employee’s bid to work from home to care for his family.
- David Marin-Guzman
Business leaders blast pro-Palestine protests aimed at hurting economy
Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry says pro-Palestine protests aimed at causing maximum economic damage are “un-Australian and disrespectful”.
- Brad Thompson
Work from home rights will fuel tension in the workplace, AHRI warns
Human resources managers have intervened to oppose expanding work from home rights on grounds it will exacerbate tensions in the office between those who can work from home and those that cannot.
- David Marin-Guzman
Greg lets his staff work from home every day – but there’s a catch
Sydney boss Greg Weiss says competent employees can be trusted to work remotely full-time if accountability measures are put in place.
- Gus McCubbing
Golf ranges are booming on weekdays. Welcome to the WFH economy
Most office workers now spend some of their week working from home. Remote working is changing the way we live and do business.
- Sally Patten, Euan Black, Michael Bleby and Michael Read
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- Workplace
Workers rush back to their desks as job fears grow
Rising job security fears have driven average office utilisation in Australia to its highest level since the pandemic, new data suggests.
- Euan Black, David Marin-Guzman and Michael Read