A 63-year-old Perth man has been sacked from his high-paying job after he called a non-binary colleague ‘he’ instead of ‘they’.
Ben Harvey
Young Perth professionals are ditching the casual office attire that caught on post-COVID lockdowns to usher in a necktie renaissance.
Cheyanne Enciso
Have you ever thought about what might happen to you and your family if you suddenly couldn’t work? Here’s the different policies you can get and what they cover ...
Jovan Cvetkoski
Retail workers are facing a new set of dangers from third-party delivery services, a union has warned, after footage emerged showing an alleged assault of a Coles worker by an Uber driver.
National Australia Bank chief Andrew Irvine says last week’s intense scrutiny over his drinking habits has been ‘difficult’ and found the media coverage ‘quite personal and public’.
Cutting one day from the working week could reduce burnout and increase job satisfaction, a study has found, but it could also boost productivity.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Almost one quarter of employers now classify workers aged 51 to 55 years as ‘older’, with fresh data suggesting companies are sidelining experienced professionals amid persistent labour shortages.
High salaries on offer in fly-in, fly-out work are ‘no longer enough’ to compete with less demanding gigs available in construction and infrastructure, posing a retention risk for the mining sector.
Simone Grogan
Unions have praised Rio Tinto while accusing a contractor of a cover-up amid an investigation into a ‘near-decapitation’ at an iron ore wharf in WA’s north.
Adrian Rauso
In the heated debate about how best to address Australia’s skilled trades shortage, one critical truth seems to be missing from the conversation: without employers, there are no apprenticeships.
Aaron Morey
Australian chief financial officers are increasingly confident the economy has passed its low point, but the optimism doesn’t necessarily stretch to their own business performance over the next year.
As the workplace has become more sensitive and emotionally aware, something else is creeping in: a tendency to overprotect, over-soften and over-accommodate.
Gary Martin
Labor Minister Tim Ayres says we should embrace cutting-edge AI in the workplace, urging the country to adapt with the times.
Nicola Smith
The Australian Human Right Commission wants restrictions on the use of non-disclosure agreements in workplace sexual harassment cases with victims saying NDAs were used to silence them.
Sarah Crawford
From child care workers to veterinarians, to butchers and anaesthetists, scores of WA professions have been in need of more workers with specialised skills for years.
Oliver Lane
St Georges Terrace and West Perth have been wagered to lead the nation in terms of workforce growth, but Deloitte has warned an outwardly healthy jobs has masked abysmal productivity performance.
The freshly-minted boss of Chief Executive Women has cautioned against giving too much air time to Donald Trump’s war on diversity and inclusion policies.
The Finance Sector Union says it has reached out to Westpac seeking an urgent explanation about the bank’s plans to axe more than 1500 jobs in what would be its biggest redundancy in a decade.
More than half of employers say new laws cracking down on workplace communications after business hours have led to an increase in productivity and lower employee stress, according to a new report.
Bankwest will swing the axe on another 58 jobs as part of Commonwealth Bank’s latest round of cuts that will result in more than 160 roles culled nationally.
Australians who work from home have cut their commutes by about three hours a week, saving more than $5000 a year in doing so, research has found.
Maeve Bannister and Alex Mitchell
A local salt processing company has been fined $875,000 over the death of a worker at a North Coogee refinery in 2022.
Sarah Steger
Rather than returning to work recharged, many of us go back feeling disoriented, sluggish and somehow more exhausted than when we clocked off.
Insecurity is far more common in the workplace than most believe, and affects even the most articulate and experienced professionals.
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