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Working from home is linked with lower wage growth, higher productivity and happier staff.

Would you lose $4000 a year to work from home?

Can you put a price on flexibility? For thousands of workers, it seems like the answer is yes, and it’s a price they’re happy to pay.

  • Victoria Devine

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Young workers are eschewing colour, opting for monotone greys, browns and blacks.

Gen Z are wrong, office uniforms don’t have to be boring

While it’s chic to have an office style and savvy to invest in workwear staples, the mood among younger generations feels defeatist.

  • Jessica Burrell
In a meeting where someone is told they’re losing their job, it’s not unusual for management to err on the side of tact and diplomacy

My colleague was fired for being ‘too nice’. Is that fair?

This conduct from your employer appears unprofessional and frankly schoolyardish. It also seems risky.

  • Jonathan Rivett
Author and speaker Mel Robbins is the architect of the ‘let them’ theory.

Could this viral self-help mantra make you happier at work?

A viral mindset known as the ‘Let Them’ theory is gaining traction in workplaces. But is it really the panacea it’s purported to be?

  • Amanda Gordon
Programs like Slack, Teams and Google Chat were designed to fix the issues with email. But with them has come a slew of other problems.

We tried to fix email. But what replaced it was just as bad

Programs like Slack, Teams and Google Chat were designed to fix the issues with email. But with them has come a slew of other problems.

  • Tim Duggan
Having a sad desk salad? Try taking a real break instead.

Does skipping your lunch break make you a better worker?

The pressure to be constantly available, perpetually productive, and always switched on has become the norm. But the cost of this relentless pace has become clear.

  • Téa Angelos
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Milly Rose Bannister, founder of ALLKND, says Gen Z workers aren’t afraid to up and leave if they’re unsatisfied with their workplace.

Bosses are firing more Gen Z workers. But are they just misunderstood?

With an increasing number of Generation Z entering the workforce, the young, tech-savvy cohort are beginning to make waves. But not in a good way.

  • Emily Chantiri
Harrods former owner Mohamed al-Fayed, whose son Dodi was killed with Diana, Princess of Wales in Paris in 1997.

Nannies, flight attendants accuse Mohamed al-Fayed of sexual abuse

The five women claim they suffered “serious sexual abuse, harassment and mistreatment” while working for the billionaire ex-owner of Harrods.

  • Louis Goss
It’s difficult to push back on a return to office when the WFH arrangement was a verbal agreement.

I thought we agreed I could work from home. My boss now says ‘no’

You might have a verbal understanding with your employer but, Dr Kirstin Ferguson says, if you don’t get it in writing, you may not have a leg to stand on.

  • Kirstin Ferguson
Former Victorian equal opportunity human rights commissioner Kristen Hilton will conduct the review of police workforce culture.

NSW sex pest cops targeted in major probe

Sexual offenders and bullies in the NSW Police Force have been protected by a “boys’ club” that silences victims.

  • Amber Schultz

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/workplace-culture-1mtt