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Entrepreneurial spirit built of necessity for people with disability

Entrepreneurial spirit built of necessity for people with disability

About 13.1 per cent of people with disability are self-employed or entrepreneurs compared with only 9.2 per cent of non-disabled Australians.

  • by Simon Darcy, Jock Collins and Megan Stronach

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We are failing the young out of blinkered self-interest
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MyCareer

We are failing the young out of blinkered self-interest

We have failed to appreciate that real protection comes not from keeping things the same but from nature and most critically nurture.

  • by Jim Bright
Working from home delivers 'more thinking time', says Wall Street boss
Coronavirus pandemic

Working from home delivers 'more thinking time', says Wall Street boss

Fund managers may be among the last to return to the office, says JPMorgan's head of asset and wealth management.

  • by Michelle F. Davis
How to get your social muscles working again after months of isolation
Opinion
Work therapy

How to get your social muscles working again after months of isolation

I've forgotten how to interact with people in the office. What should I do?

  • by Jonathan Rivett
Working from home, once a novelty, is now wearing thin
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic

Working from home, once a novelty, is now wearing thin

Risks and costs are mounting, including upfront and ongoing costs of running a home office, long work hours, income and job insecurity for employees with high caring demands, and the absence of national work, health and safety measures.

  • by Alison Pennington
Multimillion-dollar icare contracts were awarded in 'sham tender'
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icare investigation

Multimillion-dollar icare contracts were awarded in 'sham tender'

The tender process to build a claims and billing platform for icare’s workers compensation scheme took less than three weeks.

  • by Adele Ferguson
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'Too much spin': icare board papers reveal business is a 'shambles'
Opinion
icare investigation

'Too much spin': icare board papers reveal business is a 'shambles'

The inner workings of scandal-ridden icare’s board read like an insiders club, where bad news was buried and directors were being spun by management.

  • by Adele Ferguson
COVID-deniers are still living in the Dark Ages
Opinion
MyCareer

COVID-deniers are still living in the Dark Ages

15th-century astronomer Copernicus came up against similar attitudes when he published his theory of the planets.

  • by Jim Bright
Stretched to make it work
MyCareer

Stretched to make it work

The coronavirus has tested the resilience of many and resulted in a mixed response to the stress it has created.

  • by Anna Patty
How to maintain a quiet space in a chatty office
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Work therapy

How to maintain a quiet space in a chatty office

What can a company do to help people concentrate during a busy day?

  • by Jonathan Rivett
'It's not open slather now': new restrictions to prevent apprentice subsidy rorts
Vocational training

'It's not open slather now': new restrictions to prevent apprentice subsidy rorts

The federal government will impose new restrictions on the number and type of existing employees who can sign up for apprentice and trainee subsidies.

  • by Anna Patty