work life balance

Filling every moment of our day with activity can actually be hampering our productivity, writes Donna McGeorge.

Elon Musk made headlines in June this year by telling his employees to return to the office or “pretend to work somewhere else”. He was criticised for being out of touch with what the average worker was juggling.

There are not enough part-time roles out there, and employees who do manage to access them tend to experience part-time work as a temporary holding pattern.

For most Australians working a standard full-time job, moving to a 4-day work week could occur in two stages.

Many teachers are sick of pretending they are “doing OK”. They feel pressured to be unrealistically positive in the face of evidence that everything is not great.

Flexible arrangements might help women maintain a work-life balance, but can also weaken their position in the labour market.

There are a few core avenues Australians can explore to manage any feelings of anxiety that arise when returning to work at the office.

When Danielle Williams’ two children were diagnosed with a rare genetic epilepsy, she realised her personal and professional lives, that she’d always kept apart, could in fact benefit one another.

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.

I miss just being a mum. In the car with my family I had one job. Not having to simultaneously parent/teach/work/feed/resolve disputes felt thrilling.

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.

Retaining the five-day week but cutting the working day to seven or six hours is a better way to go, writes Anthony Veal.