Leadership Why you shouldn’t give a hundred percent at work Filling every moment of our day with activity can actually be hampering our productivity, writes Donna McGeorge.
Work Style Why powerful and privileged men need to stop telling us to get back to the office full-time 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.
Work Style Why we need to squash our prejudice against part-time work 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.
Employers There’s never been a better time for Australia to embrace the 4-day week For most Australians working a standard full-time job, moving to a 4-day work week could occur in two stages.
News & Views Teachers can’t keep pretending everything is OK – toxic positivity will only make them sick 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.
News & Views Flexible work arrangements help women, but only if they are also offered to men Flexible arrangements might help women maintain a work-life balance, but can also weaken their position in the labour market.
News & Views How to find a work life balance after the flexibility of working from home There are a few core avenues Australians can explore to manage any feelings of anxiety that arise when returning to work at the office.
News & Views I’ve been walking a work-life tightrope. It’s finally disintegrated and I’m ready to share my story 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.
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 I want to just be a mum again 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.
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 A life of long weekends is alluring, but the shorter working day may be more practical Retaining the five-day week but cutting the working day to seven or six hours is a better way to go, writes Anthony Veal.