Soapbox Men are increasingly offered paid parental leave so why are they not taking it? The latest data on men taking paid parental leave shows just how significant the issue is.
News & Views Anxiety took me off guard – it’s time we get better about talking about it Unmasking anxiety: Let’s shift workplace culture. Addressing mental health for a productive, supportive, and thriving environment.
Employers Leadership culture ‘makes or breaks’ even the most generous workplace policies It’s fair to say that even employers who offer great parental leave policies aren’t immune from instances of overt and covert caring discrimination.
News & Views The Top Ten Companies to work for in Australia announced This year’s list of ‘Best Places to Work in Australia’ has just been released, and we look closely at the Top 10 on the list!
News & Views How businesses can build culture-first workplaces in the era of remote work Are you trying to figure out how to achieve a human-to-human connection, a culture-first approach in a “remote first” workplace?
News & Views How caring for children grows skills that are directly transferable to paid work Working mothers can very easily articulate how they have grown a host of highly transferable skills that amplify their paid work.
Soapbox From heels to sneakers: Why gender-neutral dress codes are the future of work This shift to having a more relaxed dress code in the workplace has a positive impact on our mental health, writes Heidi Dening.
Business Ageism is keeping older people out of work, new survey finds Despite the available job vacancies, a new survey of HR professionals shows ageism is keeping older people out of the workplace.
Tech More women studying STEM but find workplace culture hostile: Research There’s still a lot of obstacles for women in Australia’s STEM workforce, despite more girls and young women studying the subjects.
Soapbox Women of colour are still being discriminated against. Support needs to be more tangible Women of colour are already stretched thin. Enabling them to succeed is a good thing because we bring diversity and pragmatic thinking.
Soapbox The unspoken 24/7 expectation: How corporate culture is failing women Anjani Amriit poses the question–“Are women still enslaved to the expectation of being on call 24 x 7 at work and home?”
Politics Set the Standard and the new code of conduct in the Parliament For me, the opportunity for reform as stories emerged about the culture in Parliament, was not simply to make change in that workplace, but to make changes for workplaces around the country.