Workplace culture
‘Hard to put the toothpaste back in the tube’: Young workers resisting returning to office
While workers of all ages have become accustomed to dialling in and skipping the wearying commute, younger ones have grown especially attached to the new way of doing business.
- by Nelson D. Schwartz and Coral Murphy Marcos
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Just take the mental health day. Here’s why more of us are
There has been a marked increase in workers – particularly young workers – taking a mental health day, with several drivers behind the trend.
- by Sophie Aubrey
Mandatory respectful workplace training this year for federal ministers
A public register will reveal federal politicians who don’t take a training session on preventing and responding to allegations of sexual harassment and bullying.
- by Katina Curtis
Show me the money: London staff want pay rises to return to office
Londoners are not keen to return to the office but a cash incentive of roughly $9500 might get some over the line, according to a survey.
- by Eamon Akil Farhat
Harassment laws stifling workplace complaints: Jenkins
The Sex Discrimination Commissioner also revealed 16 current and former politicians have taken part in her review of parliamentary workplace culture.
- by Nick Bonyhady
‘An us and them divide’: Concerns hybrid work could disadvantage women
Hybrid work may compound discrimination in the workplace, with top companies including tech giant Atlassian raising concerns about the impact on women and minorities.
- by Cara Waters
Too ambitious: Kelly O’Dwyer speaks out on the mould female politicians must fit
Former cabinet minister Kelly O’Dwyer warns female political hopefuls that people will tell them they have to “fit into a particular mould” in order to be successful.
- by Katina Curtis
How honest should I be in an exit interview?
As a questioner prepares to leave a toxic workplace, Kirstin Ferguson has some perhaps surprising advice about burning bridges.
- by Dr Kirstin Ferguson
Historical sexual harassment complaints off limits for Parliament investigator
A new body to deal with sexual harassment at Parliament House will not investigate historical allegations.
- by Mike Foley
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Ex-Liberal MP Julia Banks opens up on bad behaviour of former colleagues
Former MP Julia Banks, who quit the Liberal Party, alleges she was touched inappropriately by a minister and faced attempts to paint her as an emotional woman.
- by Nick Bonyhady
Nine reported sexual assaults in 18 months on WA mine sites
The past three years have seen a spike in the number of reports of sexual assault on West Australian mine sites and camps made to the state safety regulator.
- by Heather McNeill and Peter de Kruijff