Business
Workplace
Two minutes with: A master boat builder selling sports yachts to Miami
Master boat builder Jamie Nicholls says sometimes clients will want a boat built five or six times before they’re happy with it.
- by Sue White
Latest
Analysis
Careers
Where to start when you don’t know what career you want
Feeling stuck about what occupation to pursue is not reserved to one part of life, but knowing what to do next can be difficult.
- by Caterina Hrysomallis
Opinion
Work therapy
Did a colleague mock my story without me realising?
The comment made by your colleague implies the story you told was so implausible, it can only have taken place in a Disney-fied alternate reality.
- by Jonathan Rivett
Opinion
Workplace culture
Senior staff don’t deserve to fly business, so let’s ditch the work perk
It does not make sense why management should get to fly business class while everyday pleb employees are left to languish in economy.
- by Jim Bright
Exclusive
Childcare
‘We were left in limbo’: Childcare boss accused of not paying workers on time
Tara Harper, a former educator at a Genius childcare centre, resigned after just five months, saying she could not live with the uncertainty of not being paid on time.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Country Road faces staff exodus over new investigations, as boss stays put
Staff members at the fashion retailer have expressed anger that chief executive Raju Vuppalapati will stay in the role after an external investigation into the handling of complaints.
- by Jessica Yun
Investigation
Franchising
As franchisors partied in Cairns, the body representing them was on the brink of financial ruin
The organisation designed to support Australia’s franchising industry has burnt through staff, cash and its reputation. There are now serious questions about its future.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
The physio who uses a robotic exoskeleton to help people walk
Exercise physiologist Anna Minchin says advances in technology are helping more and more people achieve their goals and get mobile.
- by Sue White
Opinion
Work therapy
Can my job make me work on a public holiday without extra pay?
While being rostered on to work on a public holiday can feel like a tough gig, if your work has given you enough notice, there may not be much you can do.
- by Jonathan Rivett
Opinion
Flexible working
Who’s going to win the return-to-office tug of war?
There’s a colossal battle happening right now in many workplaces across the country, pitting WFH employees against their office-obsessed bosses.
- by Tim Duggan
Opinion
Media & marketing
The end of men like Darren Wick is coming. Here’s how I know
The end of such men is coming through legislation. And it’s accelerating because of the alleged behaviour of men like Wick.
- by Jenna Price