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Should talented staff be allowed to work less?

Should talented staff be allowed to work less?

It’s worth having a difficult conversation about why a worker wants to cut back their hours.

  • by Jonathan Rivett

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A pay cut for working from home? Sorry Jeff, but you’re out of touch
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A pay cut for working from home? Sorry Jeff, but you’re out of touch

While paying frontline service workers more is a brilliant idea, this should not be to the detriment of those who work from home.

  • by Victoria Devine
‘Disrespectful and out of step’: Council staff revolt over end of flexible working
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‘Disrespectful and out of step’: Council staff revolt over end of flexible working

Randwick Council has ordered staff to return to the office five days a week, as employers warn workers who do not show up to work risk losing their jobs.

  • by Andrew Taylor
The four-day week movement is an employer-led HR fad
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The four-day week movement is an employer-led HR fad

Advocates of a four-day week push for a 100-80-100 model, where workers’ KPIs and pay stay the same, but they only work 80 per cent of their previous hours but it’s not what it says on the tin.

  • by Alexis Vassiley and Zoe Port
The Sydney suburbs where women outnumber men in the workforce

The Sydney suburbs where women outnumber men in the workforce

Flexible work, digital technologies and the cost-of-living are all factors in the increased workforce participation of women.

  • by Matt Wade
Same workload, same pay, longer weekend. Is Australia ready for a four-day week?
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Same workload, same pay, longer weekend. Is Australia ready for a four-day week?

Shorter weeks for the same pay have been popular and successful. But which workplaces does it suit? And how do flexible hours fit in?

  • by Jackson Graham
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WA might have dodged lockdowns, but did we miss this silver lining too?

WA might have dodged lockdowns, but did we miss this silver lining too?

While travelling overseas for the first time post-pandemic, I quickly realised my family’s lives had fundamentally changed.

  • by Heather McNeill
Employers are less ageist but ‘inexplicable’ discrimination against older workers persists

Employers are less ageist but ‘inexplicable’ discrimination against older workers persists

The age at which workers are considered “older” has extended at many workplaces. But stereotypes still endure about both older and younger workers.

  • by Wendy Tuohy
WFH confessions: Melburnians share their work from home secrets

WFH confessions: Melburnians share their work from home secrets

In this series on working from home, employees tell us how they manage their time and what they get up to when their colleagues aren’t watching.

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WFH confessions: Michael works for Telstra from home - where he juggles a second job
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WFH confessions: Michael works for Telstra from home - where he juggles a second job

Between team meetings and writing documents on company processes, Telstra worker Michael takes a business call for his side hustle - but not to the dismay of his boss.

  • by Cara Waters
WFH confessions: Richard didn’t want to work from home - but his boss did
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WFH confessions: Richard didn’t want to work from home - but his boss did

If you are senior, do you need to have a presence in the office? This policy manager from Melbourne’s east thinks so.

  • by Cara Waters