News & Views Real men flex: It’s time for leaders & employers to make it happen So long as gender stigma continues to plague flexible work, women will be forced to opt out of certain careers and be penalised by the gender pay gap.
News & Views Live chat. Flexible work in the ‘new normal’: What’s in it for you? VEOHRC Commissioner Kristen Hilton will join Angela Priestley in conversation to discuss:
Advice Truly flexible workplaces require systemic change, not band-aids Flexible Working Day approaches, the timing couldn’t be more poignant as the global impact of COVID-19 grows to Herculean proportions around the world.
News & Views Jacinda Ardern suggests four-day work week Jacinda Ardern has suggested New Zealand businesses could trial a four-day work week as a strategy to help rebuild domestic tourism and the economy.
News & Views Isaac Newton invented calculus in self-isolation during the Great Plague. He didn’t have kids to look after Isaac Newton self-isolated during the Great Plague & invented calculus but he wasn’t looking after the kids and cleaning and cooking was he?
News & Views Can we get to the other side of the pandemic without women being worse off? In the latest episode of the Women are the Business podcast, two experts answer the question, can we get to the other side of the pandemic without making gender inequity worse? And just maybe, could we make things better?
News & Views How having my husband temporarily at home is going to change our lives forever The pandemic has exposed men to what most women already know: that there is no such thing as a hard line between life and work, writes Elle Green.
News & Views The new and urgent need for normalising remote and flexible work Changes in how we work may no longer be dependent on workplace culture, but rather on community necessity. But we must carry the lessons into the future.
News & Views More carers’ leave may help Australians look after elderly parents and stay in work Too many informal carers have to choose between giving their older mum or dad the care they need and dropping out of the workforce.
News & Views Employers should set targets for men in flexible work & help dads manage the juggle: Libby Lyons Targets for flexible work as well as other opportunities to help dads balance caring responsibilities with work could be a game changer
News & Views These are the employment law rights of pregnant women and working parents With pregnant women and new parents continuing to be discriminated against at work, we wanted to share a reminder on our legal rights, thanks to employment lawyer Alexandra Targett.
News & Views Why Australia needs to follow the UK & introduce a bill for flexible work as default A few weeks ago, UK MP Helen Whately took the unprecedented step of introducing a flexible work bill into UK Parliament. Australia should follow suit.