The question of whether managers should connect with their staff on social media often comes up when I’m delivering bullying and harassment training. The employment lawyer in me always answers no! To date, unfair dismissal cases in Australia involving social…
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In an effort to develop the skills of graduates in terms of employability and work-readiness, a number of universities are exploring new models for their undergraduate degrees. This year, Charles Sturt University has turned the model on its head, introducing…
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According to a recent report from the Commonwealth Department of Employment about skills shortages, there has been some easing of the problem. Significant widespread shortages are now apparent for just six professions and 21 trades. While there is strong demand…
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Screen time: two words that fill my three children with dread. At work, I write Blogs. At home, I am a policeman patrolling cyberspace. It’s amazing how determined the kids are to snatch a few stolen moments on Instagram, or…
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Ai Group Defence Council Executive Director, John O’Callaghan, is more positive about the health of defence industry than he has been in many years. A major focus for the defence sector in the past six months or so has centred…
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Ah, gossip! We all love hearing it and engaging in it. Most often, however, we’d probably prefer not to feature in it. Socially, it can be a powerful thing; politically, it can be dynamite. According to Niki Savva’s current bestseller…
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Our March 2 Blog post documented a flood of recent research into the likely impact of computerisation and automation on the workforce of the not-too-distant future. Typical of the findings was a CSIRO/Australian Computer Society (ACS) report released in late February that…
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For generations of children, the scene in Disney’s Fantasia where the bucket-carrying broom marches out of control and divides exponentially to a musical crescendo was the stuff of nightmares. Today, the nightmare for business leaders is the onward march and…
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International Women’s Day was born out of a workplace dispute 108 years ago, so it’s only appropriate that the workplace continues to occupy a central position in the annual call to action for gender parity on March 8th. But before…
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In the past week there has been a welcome rise of interest in the thorny issues of dumping and anti-dumping measures. The Productivity Commission (PC) has released a research report examining recent changes to Australia’s anti-dumping regime and looking at…
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