Today
Burnt-out lawyers seek exit amid long hours, high targets
Australian billing targets are moderate compared with big US legal firms, but profit pressures mean partners are pushing juniors to work longer.
- 47 mins ago
- Maxim Shanahan
Yesterday
What Facebook’s shift to ‘bro culture’ means for corporate Australia
Australian executives are openly discussing what they were once too scared to say out loud: has the corporate world’s push for greater diversity gone too far?
- Patrick Durkin and Euan Black
Big super to keep pushing companies on climate
New climate disclosure laws mean even retail super funds will engage with companies on climate this year. Poor workplace safety and governance is also a concern.
- Hannah Wootton
This Month
- Exclusive
- Legal profession
Dentons sought to bury bullying claim, email shows
An internal email shows the firm sought to protect a senior partner and avoid damaging its local expansion plans.
- Maxim Shanahan
TikTok banker rejected hush money from Gresham
A social media influencer and former employee of investment bank Gresham Partners, Chloe Barry-Hang, has told her followers about a negative workplace incident.
- Joanne Tran
Accounting body faces lawsuit over Christmas party sexual harassment
The case sets up a test of whether an employer can claim it took “reasonable steps” to prevent improper conduct, where a harassment complaint has been upheld.
- Maxim Shanahan
December 2024
Workers lodge record number of Fair Work claims
Workers brought a record number of claims to Fair Work last financial year in a trend lawyers say was driven by the heightened hardship of losing one’s job amid the rising cost of living.
- Updated
- Euan Black
- Exclusive
- Working from home
Study reveals the biggest winners from working from home
New research finds flexible working has boosted workforce participation for carers, working mums and people with a disability or health condition.
- Euan Black
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Emerson overstates RBA’s impact on jobs
Readers’ letters on what 4.5 per cent unemployment really means; delay of the Nature Positive Bill; Reserve Bank independence; office party activities; and South Australia’s high-voltage lines.
Welcome to Australia Post’s HQ. Just don’t call it the HQ
The postal service has ditched its high-profile head office in a Melbourne skyscraper for a humble yet high-tech building in the suburbs. It’s all about the vibe.
- Nick Lenaghan
- Exclusive
- Workplace
I will ‘hunt you down’: ANU staff rebel at its culture of fear
University staff say they feel demoralised by Genevieve Bell’s leadership, calling her proposed overhaul “a corporate-style raid of a national institution”.
- Updated
- Julie Hare
Nine’s Airlie Walsh sues network amid workplace culture fallout
The well-known television personality had worked on the Today breakfast program and as a political reporter for more than a decade.
- Max Mason and Sam Buckingham-Jones
November 2024
Marles’ ‘exiled’ chief of staff sues over bullying claim
Jo Tarnawsky is seeking compensation and damages over how senior government figures treated her after she complained about workplace bullying.
- Andrew Tillett
Law firm accused of improper billing and discrimination
A legal assistant alleges he was forcibly made redundant at Lander & Rogers after complaining about appropriate access when he started using a wheelchair.
- Maxim Shanahan
- Opinion
- Opinion
Want your best workers to quit? Make them come in every day
Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are big fans of the five-day office mandate. But it’s a terrible way to manage talent.
- Sarah Green Carmichael
- Exclusive
- Online gambling
Deposed Tabcorp boss has a warning for CEOs everywhere
In his first interview since being sacked as the chief executive of the wagering giant, Adam Rytenskild says he was put “six feet under” with no warning.
- Zoe Samios
- Updated
- Diversity
Rio Tinto workers push back against its diversity efforts
Two years after a major review found the company had systemic bullying issues, employees of both sexes say they are uncomfortable about some changes.
- Updated
- Peter Ker
Why bosses should stop railing against Gen Z
They may do things differently, but new research suggests younger workers are often the most engaged and motivated segment of the workforce.
- Euan Black
BoQ plays hardball with staff bonuses to limit redundancy costs
The regional lending major is encouraging so-called natural attrition as it attempts to cut around 400 staff and restructure the business.
- Lucas Baird
HSBC downsized its London head office – now it’s upsizing
Projections about shrinking office footprints are being challenged by the return of workers to offices.
- Jack Sidders and Harry Wilson