There is a thief afoot in the Ai Group office – a sticky-fingered, sweet-toothed choc-aholic who clearly can’t resist temptation. The women at the workstations neighbouring the Blog Newsdesk have clearly had enough: this morning, an entire family-size block of…
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With the Government’s National Innovation and Science Agenda looking to tackle the changes needed to fuel an innovative nation, Australia’s management practices have again come under the spotlight. Ai Group has long drawn attention to Australia’s broad challenge to lift…
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It is clear from the number of recent media reports that no industry can claim to be immune from the problem of sexual harassment. Just since the start of this year, sexism and sexual harassment ‘scandals’ have been reported in…
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In a decade, the ‘Millennials’ will represent 75% of the global workforce. So how should your workplace be adapting to accommodate them – and to keep them? Everyone’s talking about their generation – the Millennials, that is. Otherwise known as…
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Opposition Leader Bill Shorten announced a new Labor Party Policy this month under the title ‘Protecting Rights at Work’. The policy states that it is aimed at “unscrupulous employers who are willing to exploit workers”. The policy includes major changes…
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Ai Group Chief Executive, Innes Willox, sets out the major policy priorities for the organisation and for business in this important election year. The major objective of policy in 2016 should be to lay the foundations for improvements in Australian…
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It’s official – a mobile-enabled ‘always on’ work culture is elevating occupational stress to unprecedented levels. So what can employers do about it? When SafeWork Australia released its first report on work-related mental stress almost three years ago, it reported…
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Innes Willox, Chief Executive of the Australian Industry Group, puts the case that contrary to recent debate, business does pay its fair share of tax in Australia. The response last December to the first release of tax data for large…
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The recent launch of a new super-efficient e-waste recycling technology in Australia by Ai Group member PGM Refiners is a good news story in itself – a local company taking the best of overseas technology to radically improve local practice….
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Chinese New Year is so significant for our largest trading partner you will probably receive some warning that it is coming up – but in case you don’t know, it is celebrated from February 7-13 this year. While there are all…
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