More businesses are embedding gender equality initiatives within their organisations. The recent 2016-2017 gender equality scorecard from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) shows a narrowing of the gender pay gap and increased efforts by businesses to drive greater gender equality. In particular, the…
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Employers are being supported with incentives to host internship placements when taking on young workers under a new method by the Australian Government to address youth unemployment. The Government’s Youth Jobs PaTH Program also supports young people through intensive pre-employment…
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The Christmas party was typical of many workplace functions: the employer organised it to run from 6pm-10pm at a city hotel. Invitations and notices went out to employees, and as part of the room hire the hotel served drinks and…
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Thanks to repeated campaigning and the echo-chamber that is modern social media, a few myths about the Australian workforce seem to have become widely accepted in the public consciousness as if they were “facts”. One of these has been that…
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In the contests around the world that Australia competed in last week, one bronze medal didn’t get much attention in the general media. In the Olympics of online shopping, China’s Singles Day Global Shopping Festival (GMV), Japan won Gold, USA…
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Cyber security has become big news – and with good reason. So what are the key foundational areas that business leaders need to seriously consider to avoid becoming the next weakest link in their supply chain? Business leaders are being…
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In a recent report, Building Skills for All in Australia, the OECD joins the throng of those drawing attention to low literacy and numeracy levels in Australia. The report highlights the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) survey results, which…
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Ai Group members are reporting they are going as grey as a certain Tolkein-esque wizard, as a result of delays they have been experiencing in seeking to have their enterprise agreements approved by the Fair Work Commission (FWC). These reports…
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The Queensland Labour Hire Licensing Act 2017 has now been proclaimed to commence on 16 April 2018. Businesses covered by the licensing scheme as labour hire services providers will have 60 days from 16 April 2018 to apply for a…
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Heaven is high, and the Emperor is far away This is my favourite Chinese saying. It’s particularly useful when trying to placate a frustrated Ai Group member who can’t understand why the import documents she submitted successfully to Customs in…
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