What bosses can learn from staff emails
Executives interested in finding out more about how their team is feeling than what a bland survey will reveal could instead run a text analysis over emails. The Enron experience suggests it works.
KPMG against 'name and shame' over audit quality
The chairman of KPMG, Alison Kitchen, remains opposed to breaking out the results of audit quality inspections by individual firms.
Deloitte splits with rivals over partner retirement age
Deloitte Australia is now open to allowing partners to remain beyond the unofficial retirement age of 62, according to new chief executive Richard Deutsch.
Employment doubts leave gig economy future in doubt
Foodora's administration raises questions over the gig economy's sustainability without workers' entitlements in the much-discussed 'future of work.'
What do porn stars and Uber drivers have in common?
The gig economy was up and running long before ride-sharing and food delivery businesses appeared, just ask an adult industry performer.
What this KPMG partner, retired at 53, did next
Darren Scammell was just 53 when KPMG offered him a lump sum to retire from its partnership.
Deliveroo pushes for new 'sick leave' model
The head of Deliveroo Australia says the company wants workplace law changes so it can grant cyclists paid entitlements based on their output.
How ACTU is normalising a radical agenda
When Sally McManus was elected ACTU secretary she attracted a wave of criticism for supporting the breaking of "unjust laws" in her first TV interview.
Open plan is as bad as you thought
Open offices are supposed to force employees to collaborate, but new research confirms what many suspect, it doesn't work that way.
Lush underpaid thousands of staff
Up to 5000 employees of Cosmetics retailer Lush will get $2 million in back pay, after it discovered it had been underpaying staff for the p...
Women discarded during a crisis: CEOs
Gender diversity tends to be discarded during a crisis because company chiefs revert to traditional management practices and fill senior pos...
