There can be many distractions and a lot of tasks to juggle in the modern workplace. But should those who define themselves as ‘multi-taskers’ be praised or performance-managed? It’s been a busy time in the Ai Group Communications team of…
Read more
During May 2016, Australia voted against approving the Draft International Safety Management Standard ISO45001. The “no” vote was not the majority, but it was a strong enough vote to send the draft back to the International Committee for further debate…
Read more
You might have been forgiven for thinking that Nicola Thorp had just stepped out of the Tardis, direct from a challenging sojourn in the era of Mad Men. The 27-year-old temporary receptionist – and bit-part actress with Doctor Who on…
Read more
Anyone who has had their nipple twisted in a schoolyard prank knows that it’s no laughing matter. And regardless of the precise nature of the behaviour that has landed Olympic champion Grant Hackett in an unforgiving media spotlight this week, there…
Read more
My friend – let’s call him Dave – is the Managing Director of a small but longstanding manufacturing company. He is a very busy man. All too frequently, however, he finds it’s for all the wrong reasons. “On the days when…
Read more
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…
Read more
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…
Read more
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…
Read more
A recent decision of the Fair Work Commission has attracted a lot of media attention, with one US magazine making the rather bold declaration that “unfriending a colleague on Facebook now constitutes workplace bullying in Australia”. It would have been…
Read more
With the direct costs of absenteeism to the full-time workforce alone amounting to approximately $22 billion across the economy, it’s surprising that only 45% of organisations responding to Ai Group’s 2014 Absenteeism and Presenteeism Survey had an attendance management policy…
Read more