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Umpire warns of higher consent standards as ‘groping’ sacking upheld
The Fair Work Commission has upheld Alcoa’s summary dismissal of a veteran employee for touching a female inappropriately as he squeezed past her.
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- David Marin-Guzman
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Women of Influence share their tips for young female leaders today
Past winners of The Australian Financial Review’s long-standing and much-loved program give advice before it returns this year as Women in Leadership.
The rise of the home husband
Changes in the structure of work make it more likely wives will go to the office and men will work from their abode.
- The Economist
Why Lendlease CEO Tony Lombardo landed on the career fast track
The double jolt of his mother being diagnosed with cancer and his father dying at an early age put Lendlease CEO Tony Lombardo on the career fast track to everything.
- Sally Patten and Lap Phan
Graduate jobs market comes off the boil
Australia’s graduate job market has been red-hot, but there are early signs that the number of roles has started to wane.
- Updated
- Julie Hare
Recent columns
Ex-Seven producer: ‘I have let you down and I am devastated’
Taylor Auerbach was assigned to look after Bruce Lehrmann for the Seven Network. He came to bitterly regret the job.
Senior correspondent
An expensive education is no guarantee of academic, career success
Readers’ letters on wealth and education outcomes; unbalanced HECS revenue; the value of locally made solar panels; the need for a better balanced tax system; and advice for letter writers.
Contributor
Why boards need their strategy captured on one page
Good governance is about strategy and judgment, not compliance and process. How do boards get those things to the fore?
Corporate leader
Lift the minimum wage and help to close the poverty gap
Almost 5 million Australians live at or below the poverty line. Even a 4.9 per cent rise would go some way to help those in insecure work.
Catholic bishop
This Month
Why this boss wants to help pay for childcare
In an Australian first, u&u Recruitment Partners will subsidise the costs of childcare up to ease the financial burden of returning to work.
- Julie Hare
Why young Chinese employees are wearing ‘gross’ outfits at work
Defying expectations for proper work attire reflects a growing aversion among China’s youth to a life of ambition and striving.
- Claire Fu and Daisuke Wakabayashi
- Analysis
- Legal industry
Ex-Seven producer: ‘I have let you down and I am devastated’
Taylor Auerbach was assigned to look after Bruce Lehrmann for the Seven Network. He came to bitterly regret the job.
- Aaron Patrick
Labour pools should face competition scrutiny: lawyers
Legal experts warn arrangements where employers can share their employees under multi-employer agreements could hand unions control of labour supply.
- David Marin-Guzman
Welcome to WeWork for spies
In this co-working space, only the cappuccino isn’t classified. Servicing the spook sector is a rare bright spot in the market for office facilities,
- Daniel Flatley
How AI can help you skip more meetings
Artificial intelligence can transcribe and summarise meetings and help latecomers catch up without wasting people’s time. The upshot? Fewer and better meetings.
- Euan Black
This billionaire sees a four-day week coming
Steve Cohen has invested in golf courses because he predicts the dawn of the four-day work week will leave people with more time for leisure.
- Katherine Burton
- Updated
- Governance
Age, diversity on company boards plummets, gender stalls
There are more directors with an Anglo-Celtic background than seven years ago on the ASX 300, a new survey has found, and the average age of a director is creeping upwards.
- Hannah Wootton
Dance teachers and hairdressers threatened over non-competes: Leigh
Assistant minister for competition will consult on regulating non-compete clauses after finding young, low-paid workers are being threatened for switching jobs.
- David Marin-Guzman
What to expect from the new governor-general, from those who know her
Praised for her integrity, empathy and roaring intellect, all those who have worked alongside Sam Mostyn, or seen her in action, expect great things when she starts her new role.
- Sally Patten, Hannah Wootton and Samantha Hutchinson
Employers to share workers in first multi-employer deal
A landmark agreement will introduce ‘pooled labour’ for the first time - but opponents warn it risks reducing jobs growth and undermining competition.
- David Marin-Guzman
The advice that helped land HESTA CEO Debby Blakey the top job
HESTA chief Debby Blakey talks about how maths helps her to make decisions, how a key piece of advice from a mentor helped her land the top job, and why she likes 42-minute meetings.
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- Sally Patten and Lap Phan
An expensive education is no guarantee of academic, career success
Readers’ letters on wealth and education outcomes; unbalanced HECS revenue; the value of locally made solar panels; the need for a better balanced tax system; and advice for letter writers.
The new governor-general - in her own words
Sam Mostyn has been one of Australia’s most influential company directors for many years, shaping policies on gender, climate and First Nations issues.
- Hannah Wootton
- Opinion
- Governance
Why boards need their strategy captured on one page
Good governance is about strategy and judgment, not compliance and process. How do boards get those things to the fore?
- Catherine Livingstone
Visa rejections hit record as overseas students top 700,000
There were 713,000 international students living in Australia in February, but a corner has been turned as visa rejections pile up.
- Julie Hare
Union delegates should get free iPads from bosses: CFMEU
Employers are protesting against a push for union delegate minimum rights including an iPad, a phone, filing cabinet and private lockable area.
- David Marin-Guzman
Airports strike threatens to disrupt school holiday flights
Aviation firefighters are threatening to walk off the job around the country after documents revealed major airports are at “extreme risk” from understaffing.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Opinion
- Minimum wage
Lift the minimum wage and help to close the poverty gap
Almost 5 million Australians live at or below the poverty line. Even a 4.9 per cent rise would go some way to help those in insecure work.
- Michael Kennedy
Super funds nominating directors to boards ‘unwise’
Super funds that nominate a director to a company board may fail to change the organisation’s strategy and could lose flexibility to manage their investment, leading chairmen warn.
- Sally Patten
