Staff at one of Australia’s biggest energy companies have been warned not to expect promotions if they fail to come into the office at least three days a week. AGL Energy has joined rival energy companies Origin and Suncorp in introducing a fresh WFH policy that links office attendance withContinue Reading
Sweeping new workplace laws set to pass parliament on Thursday will give millions of casual workers greater rights to full-time work and allow staff the right to ignore their bosses after hours. Labor’s Closing Loopholes bill is expected to pass parliament after the federal government brokered deals with key senateContinue Reading
Sweeping new workplace laws set to pass parliament on Thursday will give millions of casual workers greater rights to full-time work and allow staff the right to ignore their bosses after hours. Labor’s Closing Loopholes bill is expected to pass parliament after the federal government brokered deals with key senateContinue Reading
It is undeniable that Generation Z had a major impact on workplaces in 2023. The eldest in the generation entered the workforce with a bang and made it very clear they weren’t going to blindly accept the “hustle culture” mindset promoted by Millennials, and certainly not the value Boomers placeContinue Reading
Remote work is poised to be one of the most prominent industrial relations issues for the next decade as more employers seek to limit the ability to work from home. New research has shown that employers are pushing harder for workers to get back into the office than ever before,Continue Reading
Young workers will be tens of thousands of dollars better off come retirement as legislated annual superannuation increases come into effect from Saturday. Part of a suite of new laws coming into effect from Saturday, July 1, during the 2023-24 financial year, Australian employers will now have to pay workersContinue Reading
Australian employers have been warned they face a two-year prison sentence if migrant workers are exploited under a fresh government crackdown. Reforms to expand protections for some of the most vulnerable in the workforce will be introduced to federal parliament within weeks. The proposed changes would make it a criminalContinue Reading
Aussie bosses are reining in their salary increases this year, meaning countless workers will miss out on a pay rise despite the country’s soaring cost of living crisis. According to grim new research from recruiter Robert Half, 58 per cent of Australian employers are solely basing remuneration decisions in 2023Continue Reading
Sydney Nathanael Peacock was 12 months into his first job out of university when he decided to reveal something he’d been hiding. Peacock was diagnosed with Scheuermann’s disease, a condition that results in malformed vertebrae, at 12, and by 23 had developed a severe hunchback. For the first year ofContinue Reading