Lifting bins, breaking barriers, but Jennifer is a bolter
When she first started work as a garbage collector, Jennifer Khan, 65, ignored the advice of friends and co-workers who feared she would not keep up with the boys.
When she first started work as a garbage collector, Jennifer Khan, 65, ignored the advice of friends and co-workers who feared she would not keep up with the boys.
Indigenous agency wins some pay justice, but still lags behind majority-white departments
Doing away with meetings altogether would be counterproductive, so the trick is to get more out of the meetings you attend.
Superstar railroad executive Hunter Harrison is demanding compensation in the nine figures to take the top job at CSX Corp, much of it tied to stock awards.
Outlawing employer requests for cash back from employees and higher penalties will fail to stamp out exploitation, a leading migration labour lawyer has warned.
Vicinty Centres is considering replacing some of its cleaning contractors with robots in a bid to automate and save costs, according to one of the company's non-executive directors, Wai Tang.
Minister flatly rejects Parliamentary committee's peace plan.
Centrelink spin-doctor takes the heat for the real bosses.
The machines helps users worldwide create 1.5 billion litres of sparkling water a year.
Goldman Sachs' deal makers endured job cuts and a tough bonus season. Then the penny pinchers turned to their beloved phones.
We put your workplace woes to an executive coach.
When the media headlines hit about bad behaviour by men at the highest levels of corporate Australia, female board directors can't help but feel despondent.
The decision to stop fast food businesses hiring overseas workers on 457 visas has been welcomed but will do little to alleviate high youth unemployment, academics and unions warn.
Australia's workplace watchdog has signalled it may take a harder line against pizza chain Domino's amid mounting allegations of rampant wage fraud and worker exploitation in its stores.
Public servants must comply carefully with their confidentiality obligations, a recent case highlights.
There's nothing worse than being lied to in a job interview or via a position description, but do you really have to just like it or lump it?
An Australian is helping Chinese artists to get greater international exposure.
Casual work can enrich professional and personal lives.
Bland appeals to sterile notions like "work-life balance" do not begin to scratch the surface.
Making the switch from clinical roles has opened up a whole new world.
The gender pay gap women widens when women hold most of the top management jobs.
One of Australia's biggest industry superannuation funds, Cbus, is clear of further scrutiny from the securities regulator over its leaking of members' personal information to a trade union.
We are moving painfully slowly in breaking the glass ceiling, but it's time we also worry about ending the "bamboo ceiling".
Six seconds. That's how long you have to impress a recruiter with your résumé, so always include these nine basic elements.
Large retail and fast food chains will be held directly accountable for wage fraud in stores under their banner, even where those outlets are run by franchisees, under tough new anti-exploitation laws.
Simmering tensions between Caltex management and their store owners spilled over onto the streets of Sydney as franchisees marched on the company's head office.
The transition from Elvis fan to tribute performer has been a huge transformation.
Household debt is making financial counselling an increasingly vital service.
Everyone should think about why they work, and whether their job is meeting their needs.
Lucy Vance is among University of Wollongong students being repaid by restaurants and cafes after they were each short-changed hundreds of dollars in wages.
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