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Researchers have warned technology can increase the emotional demands of work.

‘It takes a toll’: Why workers want the right to sit down on the job

Workers in fields such as retail and hospitality can spend hours each day on their feet. They’re pushing for the right to sit down instead.

  • Cathy Bussewitz

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Workplace bullying may include belittling the target and often includes a power imbalance.

It’s not only kids who are bullied. Adults have to deal with it too

It may be typically associated with the playground, but bullying among adults can have devastating effects.

  • Shona Hendley
Super Retail Group chief executive Anthony Heraghty.

Retail giant’s handling of alleged affair sent whistleblower to federal minister

The disclosure sparked drastic action from the corporate watchdog to investigate conduct at the Super Retail Group over a claimed affair between the chief executive and a staff member.

  • Nick McKenzie and Max Mason
Guy Grossi.

Defiant Grossi addresses staff after allegations of inappropriate behaviour

Celebrity chef Guy Grossi used an all-staff meeting to slam this masthead’s reporting as “manufactured and contrived”.

  • Charlotte Grieve
The Grossi group restaurants on Bourke Street.

It’s time the hospitality industry got serious about cleaning up its mess

The stories have kept coming, and they will keep coming, until the sector grasps the need to explode long-standing norms.

  • The Age's View
Phoebe Rizzoli reported sexual harassment to Grossi Florentino.

Kissed without consent: Phoebe’s joy at Grossi Florentino job turned to tears

A sommelier at the famous restaurant kissed the young waitress, but when she reported the incident she was let down.

  • Charlotte Grieve
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News, advice and perspectives to help make your job work for you.

  • Jane Hutchinson
Sam Keast, who died by suicide in a factory in Melbourne in 2023.

Sam died at an Exclusive Brethren-linked workplace. His sister wants answers

Sam Keast thought of his workplace as his “kingdom”; his death there has prompted a WorkSafe investigation.

  • Michael Bachelard
A study published last year by Curtin University estimated more than 275,000 workers nationally, including tunnellers, miners, construction workers and stonemasons, are exposed to high levels of crystalline silica.

Why Sydney tunnel workers remain at severe risk from toxic dust

As a respiratory physician, I am very concerned about the health risks facing tunnel workers who may be inhaling deadly silica dust.

  • Deborah Yates
A ramp worker has been injured on the tarmac at Brisbane Airport’s international terminal about 8pm on Christmas Eve.

Investigations launched after man injured on Brisbane Airport tarmac

The airport ramp worker was taken to hospital with serious leg injuries after the incident on Christmas Eve.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt

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