Soapbox The big employer where ‘Leaders Leave Loudly’ to push flexible work Shiona Watson was promoted one week before having her son, and then fully supported upon her return to work.
Ed's Blog Change the system and stop robbing women of their confidence When Rhonda Brighton-Hall wrote a blogpost urging CEOs to stop firing pregnant women, she received more than 300 emails from women who’d lost their jobs while pregnant or on maternity leave.
Soapbox Leadership must be diverse, not just more female Sadhana Smiles is one of just two female CEOs in her sector in Victoria.
Ed's Blog Do men just look more promotion ready than women? If you run a Google image search on the word ‘promotion’ you’ll see a lot of images like the above coming up.
Employers New program aims to change the language to get more women applying Job ads that use gendered language will soon be targeted in a new pilot program to increase diversity.
Employers Can you normalise flexible work in a male-dominated sector? How one firm did it Flexibility can be easier said than done for a long-standing business with entrenched cultural attitudes, especially one that’s in a traditionally male-dominated sector.
Tech Atlassian’s diversity head on how start-ups can transform diversity “Diversity is a critical success driver for every business—not just tech and startups,” says Aubrey Blanche, head of diversity and inclusion at multibillion-dollar tech giant Atlassian.
Employers Large employers still extending parental leave incentives despite government plans Primary carers employed by PepsiCo ANZ can now access 16 weeks of paid parental leave, after the food and beverages provider extended its offering by four weeks.
Advice Employment law and the outdated misconception that pregnancy is an illness Employment lawyer Emily Lupo regularly meets women who’ve been discriminated against because they’re pregnant .
Business We need to shake up how we define flexible work On International Women’s Day last March 2016, then NSW Premier Mike Baird reflected that non-flexible working “makes no sense in the modern workplace”, and that the option to work flexibly should “be the norm for both men and women”.
Business Australia’s top 10 employers for graduates A tech company with gender-based hiring quotas is Australia’s best employer for graduates, according to the latest survey of more than 2500 graduates by the Australian Association of Graduate Employers (AAGE).
