Yesterday
Mining union boss dismisses ‘blue-collar threat’ to ACTU
MEU president Tony Maher lashed the blue-collar union breakaway and condemned attacks on ACTU secretary Sally McManus that he said had led to death threats.
- David Marin-Guzman
This year’s worst corporate jargon, and the woman trying to fight it
Ducks in a row, reinventing the wheel, putting a pin in it, circling back, low-hanging fruit and thinking outside the box are among this year’s most hated buzz phrases.
- Patrick Durkin
This Month
- Exclusive
- Building Bad
Rebel unions threaten to fund independent candidates to challenge Labor
The exiled CFMEU leadership is planning more mass walkouts of construction workers, as blue-collar unionists consider changes to future political funding.
- David Marin-Guzman and Gus McCubbing
- Opinion
- Workplace culture
The difficult work conversation AI helped me with
Turning to ChatGPT stopped weeks of procrastination over an email.
- Emma Jacobs
- Sponsored
- Herbert Smith Freehills
AI’s influence in the legal profession
The legal fraternity is seizing upon efficiency gains through the use of generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) while keeping a wary eye on the evolving technology.
Sponsored
by Herbert Smith Freehills
ANU asks staff to waive pay rise to save jobs
Australian National University has requested the measure as part of a push to slash $250 million in costs in response to the plunge in foreign student revenue.
- David Marin-Guzman
Why Nelson Mandela’s election was a turning point for this CEO
A contract to provide the computers for South Africa’s first all-race democratic elections in 1994 was a pivotal moment in the career of BioPak CEO Gary Smith.
- Euan Black, Sally Patten and Lap Phan
Sally McManus has two black belts, but lives at risk of CFMEU fallout
The ACTU secretary has been forced to live in different places and vary her routine due to security concerns arising from the crackdown on the union.
- David Marin-Guzman
Labor accused of backtracking on small business IR review
Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt flatly refuses to expand the scope of the Fair Work Act’s definition, “making a mockery” of a Labor crossbench deal.
- Updated
- David Marin-Guzman
- Opinion
- Diversity
How women can remove the ‘ick’ factor and become experts
One of the greatest barriers to women owning their expertise publicly is fear of criticism and being exposed as an imposter.
- Penny Locaso
Four-day week comes to the finance industry
Insignia has become the first company in financial services industry – known for its long hours – to trial a four-day week for workers, under a union deal that also includes greater recognition of AI.
- David Marin-Guzman
Solomon Lew reveals why he is still obsessed with Myer
The 79-year-old retail billionaire has fought a lot of corporate battles over the years, but he remains fixated on the department store chain.
- Patrick Durkin
Celebrity chef sued for allegedly underpaying staff
The chef’s hatted restaurant Metisse at Potts Point closed just days after the Fair Work Ombudsman pursued it over the alleged underpayment of two visa workers.
- Updated
- David Marin-Guzman
- Exclusive
- Industrial relations
Landmark multi-employer deal sparks union turf war
The agreement heralded by the Albanese government for proving unions and bosses can work together is splitting the industry.
- David Marin-Guzman
What men really think about the push for gender balance
Most men agree with the need to create equal opportunities for male and female workers, but many still harbour concerns that job appointments are not based purely on merit.
- Sally Patten
This non-profit plays to the strengths of autistic young adults
Australian Spatial Analytics aims to find jobs for a group who are 10 times more likely to be unemployed than the national average.
- Christopher Niesche
‘No excuse’: Drunk worker fired for Qantas Lounge sex harassment
The fly-in fly-out worker had her unfair dismissal claim rejected, including that placing her head in a co-worker’s lap was “the usual inconvenience of public travel”.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Exclusive
- Hiring & firing
Middle manager jobs vanish as ‘the great unbossing’ hits Australia
Middle managers are in the crosshairs as companies such as tech giant Amazon remove layers of bureaucracy to boost performance in a cooling economy.
- Euan Black
- Opinion
- Jobs
Why it’s important to have an early alphabet surname
In the absence of quantitative signs of performance, the urge for recognition can make people obsess about what appear to be deeply trivial signs of success.
- Pilita Clark
- Exclusive
- Workplace
Return to work programs let talent shine, narrow gender pay gap
Jo Reardon says going back to banking after five years was daunting but a return to work scheme helped her thrive at the Commonwealth Bank.
- Euan Black
