Yesterday
- Exclusive
- Employee perks
Grant Thornton adopts nine-day fortnight, but staff have to earn it
The accounting firm’s year-long trial coincided with record productivity, employee retention and profits.
- Euan Black
This Month
ASIC staff motivation, satisfaction, stress hit critical levels
A confidential staff survey made public through a Senate inquiry on Tuesday showed the regulator had just two out of 12 outcomes at average or desirable levels.
- Ronald Mizen and Patrick Durkin
EY manager claims he was sacked for complaining about 80-hour week
EY Australia has rejected claims by a manager he was sacked because he complained about being told to put in unreasonable hours.
- Max Mason
- Opinion
- China
Baidu’s PR boss was fired for being a workplace tiger mum
When the of head of public relations for China’s Google was fired over blunt remarks about staff, managers everywhere lost an honest voice.
- Aaron Patrick
Why this executive uses generative AI every second hour
Microsoft says workers who use AI can be divided into four camps: sceptics, novices, explorers and power users, who get back more than 30 minutes a day in time saved.
- Euan Black
Melbourne shuns office return, Sydney coaxed by redundancy fears
New figures also show Canberra has the second-lowest office attendance rates as public service workers do not face the same scrutiny as Sydney’s private sector.
- Campbell Kwan
- Exclusive
- Workplace culture
Just one gesture stopped Anthony worrying about his disability at work
Employers often assume that employing people with a disability is costly. New research suggests that’s not true.
- Euan Black
Gender of directors added no financial value: study
A study by the Australian National University has found that the gender of directors appointed to company boards had no impact on the financial performance of those businesses.
- Patrick Durkin
- Opinion
- Opinion
Business school blather can’t beat real-world CEO know-how
What’s needed is a new management theory that avoids the deceptive certainties of neoliberalism and the equally deceptive vagaries of stakeholder capitalism.
- Adrian Wooldridge
- Exclusive
- Hiring & firing
More Australians go above and beyond duty amid job fears
Discretionary effort has hit a four-year-high as workers try to protect themselves from being made redundant, according to global consultancy Gartner.
- Euan Black
Pioneering CEO reveals the truth about four-day work weeks
Workplace consultancy Inventium was the first company in Australia to adopt a shorter schedule, but three years later it is not on track to hit its targets.
- Amantha Imber
Why AGL’s staff are happier after a major plant closure
AGL will use the Liddell decommissioning as a blueprint for plant shutdowns, after it managed to move 100 per cent of workers into new roles.
- Agnes King
- Opinion
- Best places to work
Employees want more autonomy, so it’s in bosses’ interest to listen
Convinced that happier workers are also more productive, Australia’s most progressive employers are giving staff greater freedom and choice.
- Euan Black
- Opinion
- Best places to work
The secrets to a happy workplace revealed
In a world where many leaders are putting in place back to office mandates, the best places to work prioritise freedom and choice.
- Amantha Imber
How these firms retained staff by helping them grow
Boutique management consultancy Grosvenor has won the professional services category of the 2024 AFR Best Places to Work list.
- Euan Black
How this organisation prevented burnout for staff
A surge in complaints to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority led to a rethink of hiring and leave policies, adding 500 new staff to cope with the workload.
- Nina Hendy
Why everyone kept their job in this merger
When Mercer and BT merged their superannuation funds, 99.6 per cent of staff remained with the business.
- Ayesha de Kretser
April
Australia named top destination in the world for expats
Australia has been named the No.1 destination in the world for professionals seeking to relocate internationally.
- Euan Black
- Opinion
- Singapore
Singapore’s burnout rate shows the price of success
Singaporeans enjoy some of the highest living standards in Asia. But all of this has come at a price. It is also one of the most stressed-out societies.
- Karishma Vaswani
Labor urged to restrict rather than ban non-compete clauses
Leading economists have urged the Albanese government to significantly restrict the use of non-compete clauses to revive Australia’s ailing productivity growth.
- Euan Black
