Blind recruitment in APS may be holding women back
"Unconscious bias" techniques could do more harm than good, Prime Minister's nudge unit finds.
Workplace Relations
Prime Minister's public servants lay down their arms
Prime Minister and Cabinet public servants finally agree to new workplace deal.
'Do you take pleasure in being nasty to me?': teacher loses workplace claim
A music teacher who described her principal as "a maggot in the ground who deserves to be stomped on" and implied that her colleague was faking a disability to get out of playground duty has failed in an unfair dismissal claim against the NSW Department of Education.
Thousands of new public service jobs
March of public service casualisation reversed. In one department at least.
Penalty rate ploy could bring 'chaos'
Reversal of the Fair Work Commission's decision to reduce Sunday penalty rates in industries including the hospitality and retail sectors could lead to industrial "chaos" and reduce wages to a political "plaything" experts warn.
ATO public servants vote yes in a landslide
Another public service agency lays down its arms.
Fair Work Ombudsman probes Uber over driver contracts
The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched an investigation into Uber and whether its contracts with tens of thousands of Australian drivers are in breach of federal workplace laws.
Men need less experience to join boards than women
Men join company boards with less experience than women do, who often face the old Catch-22: To get chosen to be on a board, they already have to be on a board.
The company where client surveys help decide size of employee bonuses
Kirralee Brisbane was always paid a commission for her work fitting hearing aids, but her clients will soon have a say over the size of her pay packet.
Women earn less when they won't say what they're making
"What do you make in your current job?" For women, is there any good answer to that dreaded job-interview question?
New commissioner watching "bad to the bone" conduct
Like a theme song for his new commission to catch unions and employer groups involved in corruption, Mark Bielecki's mobile phone went off to the guitar strums of George Thoroughgood's Bad to the Bone.
Public servants are super losers: expert
More pay, less super would be a better deal for bureaucrats and soldiers, expert warns.
Public service jobs for life in the past, says Lloyd
Traditional public service life will be consigned to history, Public Service Commissioner warns.
'Merry go round' of unpaid interns provide accounting and finance services
A constant flow of unpaid interns provide free accounting and finance work for businesses, raising questions about whether Fair Work laws need to be tightened.
Unions start last-ditch bid to save Sunday pay rates
With the controversial cuts affecting hundreds of thousands of workers due to start taking effect from next weekend, unions are launching a last-minute legal challenge.
Building manager charged over threats
A construction company manager has been arrested and charged after allegedly threatening to track down a union safety organiser and saying he would "attack you and your family".
Top mandarins score pay rises of up to $17,000-a-year
Nation's top public servant now earning nearly $880,000.
ATO website crashes again
Another crash and burn of Tax Office's internet systems with just nine days until tax time.
Victorian town pulls together to support locked-out timber workers
For nine weeks hundreds of families in a small north-east Victorian town have been without a pay check, after the area's biggest employer locked out its entire workforce in April.
Firers and hirers: Australia's fastest growing jobs
Australia is shedding jobs for retailers and farmers by the tens of thousands as we become a country of carers and builders.
You have to be over 55 to work for this tech start-up
Sorry, millennials, you need not apply. You're not wanted.
As psychopath CEOs destroy value, nice ones create it
Psychopaths may have some advantage in climbing the corporate ladder, but once at the top they do shareholders no favours.
Public service peace close as big depts vote
Defence public servants accept a new workplace deal at the fourth time of asking.
Mixed reviews for Tabcorp as merger finish line looms
Gaming giant Tabcorp's looming merger with Tatts Group could produce a solid boost to earnings, according to analysts from Deutsche Bank.
Haters at work and how to deal with them
The way most haters work is to spread damaging but unspecific gossip about you around the workplace.
Silent victim of technology in blue- and white-collar jobs
Older workers once saw informal training as a duty, now it means more work without gratitude
The trick of turning muck to gold
The toughest challenge in a dirty job is recruitment.
What can you do when your employer is an idiot?
Working in a role where you are obliged to work to a system manifestly, even risibly not fit for purpose, most be one of the worst career experiences.
Horticultural therapy careers in bloom
Although there is no standard pathway to this career, there are many success stories.
New Child Support pay system a 'shambles', say public servants
It's a 'sh*t show', say public servants. It's going great, says the department.