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Anna Patty
Anna Patty is Workplace Editor for The Sydney Morning Herald. She is a former State Political Reporter and Education Editor.
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Aviation industry leads survey of Australia's favourite workplaces
Anna Patty, Workplace Editor The tyranny of distance has proved a boon to one industry in its ability to attract recruits.
Budget 2016: Without safeguards, internship program risks being a 'jobs destruction scheme'
Anna Patty, Workplace Editor A new internship program introduced to combat youth unemployment is at risk of becoming a "jobs destruction program" unless safeguards are introduced to prevent exploitation, workplace experts have...
Being a 'mumpreneur' is an option of last resort for most mums
Anna Patty, Workplace Editor Working at home is not all it is cracked up to be.
Cuts to trades training are criticised as 'madness' during construction boom
Anna Patty TAFE NSW faces is under fire for slashing the number of teachers who deliver skills that are in high demand.
Job insecurity is driving the best and brightest out of medical research
Anna Patty Darren Saunders was looking for a cure for pancreatic cancer - but he has had to walk away from his work.
New laws needed to stop franchises 'turning a blind eye' to wage fraud
Anna Patty Workplace Editor Pizza Hut and 7-Eleven should be made liable for franchisees that underpay workers and enter into sham contract arrangements, a national law firm has urged.
Work for the Dole programs are putting workers' safety at risk, says the AUWU
Anna Patty Workplace Editor The national Work for the Dole program is facing criticism for failing to protect the safety of volunteer workers and for not helping many to find work suited to their skills.
Michaelia Cash: More men should work in lower-paid jobs and keep flexible hours
Anna Patty It's time for a "two-way exchange" when it comes to gender and careers, says the Employment Minister.
Companies that use older workers are the most innovative: new research
Anna Patty Workplace Editor Ageism in the workforce is built on a faulty premise, according to leading Australian researchers of intergenerational employment.
Is workplace technology making us lose the human touch in the office?
Anna Patty Workplace Editor Nine in 10 of us say face-to-face meetings are the best - so why isn't this happening?
Unconscious bias in the workplace - a hidden source of unfairness in job interviews
Anna Patty Workplace Editor There are many way organisations can guard against bias.
Women in their 30s want higher pay over flexibility
Anna Patty Employers think women want flexibility. But, for women like Betsy Oyler, there are much more important things.
Turning up to work sick could be costing the economy billions
Anna Patty, Workplace Editor Being sick and dragging yourself into work to sit at a desk and stare at the phone and computer is not contributing anything to the economy - quite the opposite - a new report has found.
Australia has a comparatively high rate of worker redundancies following corporate downsizes
Anna Patty Australia has a high rate of firing workers when companies downsize compared with many other developed nations, a report has found.
'Spastics' and 'junkies': Appeal launched against unfair dismissal finding for Centrelink worker
Anna Patty A decision to give a Centrelink officer his job back after he called some clients "spastics" and "junkies" is being appealed.
Mahjong club ordered to pay more than $415,000 compensation to tea attendant
Anna Patty A mahjong club has been ordered to pay more than $415,000 in damages after reducing a full-time worker's hours to part-time after he made a workers' compensation claim.
Indian consulate driver Hitender Kumar claims he was unfairly dismissed for blowing whistle
Anna Patty Workplace Editor Hitender Kumar had worked for the Indian Consulate in Sydney for five years. Then he questioned the use of an e-TAG for a private vehicle - and lost his job.
Businesses recruited to improve gender equity
Anna Patty A new law will "shine a light on drivers of workplace discrimination" in companies with 100 or more employees.
Public servant gets job back after being sacked for social media friendly fire
Anna Patty A public servant recognised as a good worker has been reinstated after being sacked for critical comments he made about his government department on social media.
Unions call for $30 increase in weekly minimum wage
Anna Patty National unions have asked for a pay increase three times more than the retail industry says it can afford.
