Business
Workplace
America’s ABC takes stars off-air after romance revealed
Anchors T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach had been pulled from the network’s daytime talk show just days after their romantic relationship became public and turned into a tabloid sensation.
- by John Koblin and Michael M. Grynbaum
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Deborah accidentally spent $8000 on a spa. It took 18 months to get repaid
The Australian Senate has just passed legislation to tackle unaffordable and unfair lending. But Deborah Quill literally paid the price for an order that went wrong.
- by Anna Patty
Opinion
MyCareer
Don’t be a Grinch! The career implications of avoiding the office Christmas party
Not taking part in end-of-year office festivities can prove a liability for some people’s careers.
- by Jim Bright
Opinion
The lowdown
Long-overdue industrial reforms pave the way for fairer pay
Measures to support and facilitate bargaining in low-paid sectors should open the door for workers to access living wages.
- by Rae Cooper and Chris F Wright
COVID disruption delivers jobs in transport and logistics
The pandemic and ongoing natural disasters have fast-tracked career growth in the transport and logistics industry.
- by Sue White
Opinion
Work therapy
How to deal with a workmate who is a smug belcher
There are creative ways of dealing with a colleague with bad manners.
- by Jonathan Rivett
Getting kids with disabilities playing in sport is a joyous job
Disability support work in schools can provide big rewards for staff and students.
- by Peter Cardy
Opinion
The lowdown
Termination of expired enterprise agreements to become harder
The federal government is trying to close a loophole for terminating enterprise agreements.
- by Alex Veen and Stephen Clibborn
Want a four-day work week? Show this research to your boss
The first large-scale study of a four-day workweek has come to a startling close: Not one of the 33 participating companies is returning to a standard five-day schedule.
- by Arianne Cohen
Discount energy deals disappearing amid price surge
Energy consumers are finding it difficult to negotiate cheaper power prices as discount deals become harder to find.
- by Anna Patty
Opinion
Workplace safety
Triumph of the Persisterhood: New laws will make women safer at work
Legislation that passed in federal parliament on Monday is genuinely historic, and it’s thanks to women who refused to take no for an answer.
- by Kristine Ziwica