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How this CEO cuts hour-long meetings to just five minutes
Justin Graham of advertising firm M&C Saatchi also says he wants to compete on Survivor, but suspects he might be thrown off the reality TV show early.
- Sally Patten and Lap Phan
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- Working from home
Bosses tie bonuses to office attendance
The company has joined rival energy company Origin in linking office attendance to annual bonuses and performance reviews.
- Euan Black
Judge lashes Qantas union for delaying tactics
A Federal Court judge has accused the Transport Workers Union of “sitting on its backside” over a claim it should be compensated for lost membership dues.
- David Marin-Guzman
Aged care workers win pay rises of up to 14pc, fuelling inflation fears
More than 300,000 aged care workers have won large pay rises that are expected to increase wage pressures on other sectors and cost the budget billions.
- David Marin-Guzman and John Kehoe
Why staff are job hunting more than ever before
The high cost of living has generated rising employee fears about job security and prompted record numbers of people to consider changing jobs, new data shows.
- Patrick Durkin
What happens behind closed doors at Australia’s elite schools
The saga at Sydney’s Cranbrook School could trigger a new wave of accountability for how private schools operate.
- Julie Hare
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Drug use at work isn’t biohacking. It’s workaholism
Even if anecdote-driven reports oversell the problem, it’s clear that the “just say no” and “this is your brain on drugs” eras are a relic of the past.
Contributor
Independence isn’t the power the ‘directorati’ would have us believe
The irony is the skills needed to secure invitations to join boards from the king- and queen-makers of corporate Australia are the antithesis of what’s required to monitor and test management.
CIO Sandon Capital
Lee rebukes TWU’s monopoly
The court cases involving Uber and Qantas raised different questions about legalised business and union monopolies.
Editorial
Unions target small business through women
Inflexibility over work hours and the right to disconnect will hit women and their small business employers the hardest of all.
Women's advocate
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Unions target small business through women
Inflexibility over work hours and the right to disconnect will hit women and their small business employers the hardest of all.
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‘Covert’ sex harassment rife at WA mines
The mining industry has a long way to go to stamp out systemic harassment of women, a study has found.
- Euan Black
How this Deloitte auditor got his chance to rescue AGL as CEO
Becoming a CEO was never a goal that drove Damien Nicks’ career, but when the energy company hit its lowest point, he knew it was the right time to step up.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Clare threatens to take funding away from Cranbrook
Education Minister Jason Clare has threatened to withdraw federal funding from Cranbrook School if an investigation finds “evidence of a pattern of immoral or unethical behaviour”.
- Julie Hare
Lack of men in HR least of bosses’ gender-equality problems
The push for greater gender diversity in corporate Australia has not translated into getting more men into female-dominated human resources roles.
- Euan Black
Students flocking to Australia despite visa confusion
International students are still flooding into the country, but record visa rejections have some wondering what’s going on.
- Julie Hare
Private school parents save the education system $4.6b a year: study
A new analysis calculates that governments spend $4.6 billion less each year than they would if all students were enrolled in public schools.
- Updated
- Julie Hare
Where boards are still going wrong
Only a few chairmen have dared look outside the usual pathways to the board to find a director with deep skills in technology, marketing or human resources.
- Sally Patten
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- Workplace safety
Sexual harassment is being used to shape business culture
Directors who don’t follow the Human Rights Commission’s anti-establishment directives are taking a big risk.
- Aaron Patrick
Miners make historic bid for ‘same job same pay’
The mining union is using Labor’s new laws to push up pay for labour hire by as much as $20,000. Employers say it’s just the start of disruption across worksites.
- Updated
- David Marin-Guzman
Employers want to remove ‘outdated’ penalties for WFH
Business says unsocial hours and fatigue issues are not as relevant when staff work at home.
- David Marin-Guzman
Google’s Australian boss reveals her pet hate in the office
Ask Mel Silva, managing director of Google in Australia, what she doesn’t like at work and she doesn’t hold back.
- Cindy Yin and Sally Patten
Early NAPLAN gives more time to help struggling students
Students will sit the national assessment program earlier than ever before, with results landing much sooner in the school year.
- Julie Hare
Cranbrook to overhaul whistleblowing, child protection, bullying
Cranbrook School has written to its community with a raft of measures designed to restore trust in the school’s management and governance.
- Julie Hare
Jobseekers asking more questions about gender pay gap after WGEA data
The publication of large employers’ gender pay gaps has led to more questions from candidates about parental leave policies too.
- Euan Black
Why business leaders can’t cope with criticism
Chief executives who insist on hiring “yes people” soon forget how to present an argument in public, speechwriter and author Lucinda Holdforth claims.
- Sally Patten
Thodey to replace Hutchinson as Sydney University chancellor
With Sydney Uni deriving about half its revenue from foreign students, incoming chancellor David Thodey welcomes “a conversation” about effect on the broader community.
- Julie Hare