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How to beat the busyness curse
If you’re filling every waking hour with something to do, you may be overcompensating for not wanting to be idle – but there is a middle path.
- 40 mins ago
- Arthur Brooks
Gen Z bosses redefine workplaces with crystals and gratitude journals
The number of such UK directors shot up by 42 per cent in the year to January. There are now almost a quarter of a million – and they are bringing changes.
- Charlotte Gill
What happens when Rio Tinto’s Australian CEO gets cranky
Kellie Parker, Rio Tinto’s Australian bosses, discusses what happens when she gets tired, why she likes puzzles and why she continually tracks her emotions.
- Ciara Seccombe and Lap Phan
CFMEU let off the hook by watchdog for ‘most serious’ threats: judge
A Federal Circuit Court judgment raises questions about the Fair Work Ombudsman’s appetite to enforce workplace laws on construction sites since Labor took power.
- Hannah Wootton
Why this leading brain expert doesn’t do the same thing every day
Neuroscientist Raymond Dolan says people who continue to have an exploratory goal-directed life appear to be less susceptible to disorders like dementia.
- Jill Margo
Employees who refused WFH jobs get cut in redundancy payout
The Fair Work Commission has for the first time reduced payouts for retrenched Bartercard employees because they did not accept job offers requiring them to work entirely from home.
- David Marin-Guzman
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The advice that’s helped Loudon navigate the boardroom
Bridget Loudon says some wise words from her mum have stuck with her as she’s navigated life as the director of a blue-chip giant.
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Musk wants $87b. Tesla’s Aussie chair is defying a court to help him
Robyn Denholm is asking investors to over-rule a judge who cancelled the biggest pay package in history for an AWOL chief executive.
Senior correspondent
Great work: Gen Z’s anti-hustle ethos may hurt their careers
A new survey shows the number of anti-hustle job ads has risen 30 per cent since the pandemic as employers emphasise work-life balance to entice young workers.
Contributor
Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyer, Mark O’Brien, is on a losing streak
Losses in high-profile cases have experts wondering if Sydney’s client-friendly defamation culture is changing.
Senior correspondent
This Month
Childcare workers desert industry for higher wages in aged care
The country’s largest childcare operator says workers are leaving the sector for higher-paying roles in industries such as aged care.
- Euan Black
Sarah, Cate, Kip, Baz and Mel are all alumni, but NIDA is broke
Australia’s premier dramatic arts institution produces the biggest names in theatre and entertainment, but it is struggling to get by.
- Julie Hare
The advice that’s helped Loudon navigate the boardroom
Bridget Loudon says some wise words from her mum have stuck with her as she’s navigated life as the director of a blue-chip giant.
- James Thomson
Why this CEO keeps Fridays for thinking
Claire Rogers has co-founded a technology start-up that draws on her experience as a former ANZ executive and World Vision CEO.
- Patrick Durkin
- Opinion
- Pay
Musk wants $87b. Tesla’s Aussie chair is defying a court to help him
Robyn Denholm is asking investors to over-rule a judge who cancelled the biggest pay package in history for an AWOL chief executive.
- Aaron Patrick
Why this top 100 CEO gets his executives to swap jobs
The architect of a corporate experiment where the execs change jobs admits it is a little on the crazy side for a $5.2 billion, top 100 ASX tech company.
- Updated
- Patrick Durkin
Economics professor sacked for ‘personal relationship’ with student
The University of Melbourne’s defence of its firing of an academic has pointed to claims he massaged shoulders and often asked a student to go out for a drink.
- David Marin-Guzman
Great work: Gen Z’s anti-hustle ethos may hurt their careers
A new survey shows the number of anti-hustle job ads has risen 30 per cent since the pandemic as employers emphasise work-life balance to entice young workers.
- Sophia Money-Coutts
- Analysis
- Legal industry
Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyer, Mark O’Brien, is on a losing streak
Losses in high-profile cases have experts wondering if Sydney’s client-friendly defamation culture is changing.
- Aaron Patrick
‘Two way street’: Umpire rules WFH push ignores face-to-face benefits
The Fair Work Commission has backed staff returning to the office for collaboration after dismissing a bank employee’s bid to work from home to care for his family.
- David Marin-Guzman
‘Get the job done’: One in two lawyers use AI
In-house lawyers were adopting the tools more quickly than their law firm counterparts, research has found.
- Euan Black
Star chef Matt Moran reveals his dinner party secrets – and pet hates
At age 15, Matt Moran dropped out of school and learnt to cook. Along the way, he has learned how to run a business, manage people and stay sane.
- Ciara Seccombe and Lap Phan
- Analysis
- Lehrmann trial
The stupidity of Bruce Lehrmann
The ex-political adviser turned victory into defeat in the quest for money. He will now be known as the rapist who put himself on trial, and lost.
- Aaron Patrick
- Exclusive
- Industrial relations
Workers could get rights to double their holidays
Unions and employers are close to agreement on introducing a right for workers to take twice their annual leave on half pay.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Opinion
- AI
ChatGPT essay cheats are a menace to us all
Some universities are increasing face-to-face assessments to discourage AI cheating. Academics should be encouraged to expose the problem, not deterred from fixing it.
- Updated
- Pilita Clark
Labor push to delay aged care pay rise over worker shortage fears
The Albanese government has warned a large pay jump could fuel labour shortages and risk its budget strategy of cost of living relief without added inflation.
- David Marin-Guzman
Male mentors drove Mostyn’s career, but she influenced them too
The next governor-general is best known as an advocate for professional women. She also had influential male mentors.
- Aaron Patrick
The price of an Oxford education is high, but so are the returns
Australians are increasingly opting to head overseas to study at one of the world’s best universities. It comes with a big price tag, but also big rewards.
- Julie Hare
- Exclusive
- Industrial relations
CFMEU push to take control of the Labor Party
John Setka plans to use the militant union’s hundreds of delegates and members to boost its influence on internal ALP politics in Victorian and federal parliaments.
- David Marin-Guzman
Work from home rights will fuel tension in the workplace, AHRI warns
Human resources managers have intervened to oppose expanding work from home rights on grounds it will exacerbate tensions in the office between those who can work from home and those that cannot.
- David Marin-Guzman
