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…
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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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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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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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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…
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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…
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Employers who provide alcohol at Christmas parties, or indeed any work-sponsored occasions, may need to think twice about what they should do when employees misbehave following a recent decision of the Fair Work Commission. It has been no secret that…
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Just as lengthy journeys define the work of Australia’s road transport drivers, so too has the ‘long haul’ become an appropriate metaphor for the debate concerning their rates of pay. Ai Group has been heavily involved on behalf of members…
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Did you know that people who take the drug Ice (Methamphetamine) are more likely to be in the paid workforce? And work in construction, transport or hospitality? Since 2010 the frequency of ice usage in the community, as well as…
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While much attention to date has focused on flexible work for women, particularly those with young children, recent data shows that men also value being able to work flexibly. The Australian Workplace Relations Study – First Findings Report, published by the…
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