Cirque du Soleil contortionist Aleksei Goloborodko has extremely flexible work arrangements. “The secret to my flexibility is consistency,” the Russian performer told the Herald Sun. “There’s an expression — ‘use it or lose it’, and it applies to my discipline 100 per cent.” Goloborodko is one of many highlights inContinue Reading
Every week thousands of Australians are heading into work without their bosses knowing they are keeping an agonising secret many fear could cost them their jobs. It relates to an issue that affects one in nine women, with nearly one million people living with it every day across Australia –Continue Reading
Millions of Australians could have the right to work from home under major changes being considered by the nation’s employer watchdog, which could form the basis for new workplace laws. The Fair Work Commission is looking into making flexible work arrangements a legal entitlement just one month after new lawsContinue 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
It seems the WFH war is over, with Aussie bosses ditching a push to bring staff back into the office. Many have given up on the pre-pandemic working arrangement – accepting three days in the office will likely be the new normal, a new survey has found. According to TheContinue Reading
Qantas’ chief pilot has slammed comments written about female pilots in an online forum as “offensive” and “completely unacceptable”. Posts from the forum claiming there was “a rapid influx of female pilots of a certain age group spawning offspring and then wanting flexible work arrangements” and that they had “muchContinue Reading
Thousands of staff at one of Australia’s biggest banks will have their right to work from home enshrined in a new pay deal as companies offer competing visions for the future of flexible working arrangements. The Sydney Morning Herald reported on Friday that NAB had reached an agreement with theContinue Reading
Unbeknown to many Australian workers, today is a very significant day in our post-Covid working world. For the first time, most Australian workers will have the right to dispute a refusal of a flexible work request. While that might sound like a legal technicality, it’s actually a very significant changeContinue Reading
A small Aussie bank with no physical branches has been named the country’s best workplace for 2023. Judo Bank, a small and medium-enterprise lending focused bank that also offers some of the best retail term deposit rates on the market, has come out number one in LinkedIn’s latest Top CompaniesContinue Reading
A legal stoush between federal MP Monique Ryan and political staffer Sally Rugg is not necessarily linked to current Parliament House staff workload issues, a government minister has said. Ms Rugg has taken her boss and the Commonwealth of Australia to the federal court, claiming she was unlawfully dismissed. TheContinue Reading