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Shell Prelude’s two-month $500m strike delays major maintenance
Shell has delayed major maintenance on its troubled $US17 billion ($24 billion) Prelude floating gas facility after negotiations over the weekend failed to end two months of industrial action.
- by Peter Milne
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Opinion
Workplace
Stress less: Why we shouldn’t fear the four-day working week
It takes a certain leap of faith – and plenty of planning – to make the change to a shorter week, but the benefits for my business and staff are tangible.
- by Lauren Crystal
The autism advantage - why businesses are hiring autistic people
Organisations including software giant SAP, IBM and Westpac are hiring neurodiverse talent to give them an edge.
- by Jewel Topsfield
Embrace the change: Working from home is here to stay
Working from home, when embraced with imagination by management, can extend to a wide variety of roles - perhaps wider than many appreciate if we move beyond Industrial-Age thinking.
- by Jim Bright
Opinion
Work therapy
My colleague says I should treat my COVID like a cold. Really?
Telling a sick worker to get on with it as “COVID is like a cold, and we don’t stop the economy for a cold” is not only unfair - it’s completely ludicrous.
- by Jonathan Rivett
More than the Monday blues: Where to turn to when you’re struggling at work
Resources abound for those deciding whether to disclose a mental health condition at work.
- by Sue White
Having rich friends as a kid helps you climb the income ladder, study finds
For poor children, living in an area where people have more friendships that cut across class lines significantly increases how much they earn in adulthood, an expansive study has found.
- by Claire Cain Miller, Josh Katz, Francesca Paris and Aatish Bhatia
Opinion
The lowdown
Survey: print media portrayal of teachers doesn’t help recruitment
New research charts the rise of attention on “teacher quality”.
- by Nicole Mockler
Opinion
MyCareer Education
The show must go on ... but what if it doesn’t?
It can feel embarrassing for any of us to ask for help. But for a person in the public eye, it can feel doubly so.
- by Jim Bright
Opinion
Work therapy
Let’s discuss turnover contagion, shift shock and great regret
High staff turnover may trigger all sorts of emotions.
- by Jonathan Rivett
Never mind home alone, interns arrive to empty offices
“The last thing folks want is to do something that’s meant to be in-person on a Zoom.”
- by Emma Goldberg