One group was working from home centuries ago. Here’s why it matters
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One group was working from home centuries ago. Here’s why it matters

The pandemic helped jump-start a shift in who works in our economy. Here’s how we can hold on to the gains.

  • byMillie Muroi

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Axing this Catch-22 could add 40,000 workers to the economy. What are we waiting for?
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Childcare

Axing this Catch-22 could add 40,000 workers to the economy. What are we waiting for?

At a time when Australia is experiencing a critical skills shortages,keeping tens of thousands of women out of the workforce seems beyond counter-intuitive.

  • byTerese Edwards
The Queensland government jobs where most people can work from home

The Queensland government jobs where most people can work from home

Some public servants manage to avoid going into the office at all,as working from home remains a dominant trend long after COVID.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Period leave,pay rises and flexible work trials for Victoria’s public service

Period leave,pay rises and flexible work trials for Victoria’s public service

Government workers will get a 3 per cent pay rise,an average bonus of $1400 and women’s health leave under a new agreement,according to their union.

  • byKieran Rooney
Water-cooler chat or work-life balance? What matters to young workers
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Jobs

Water-cooler chat or work-life balance? What matters to young workers

Younger generations entering the workforce increasingly want flexible work arrangements. But they might not know what they’re missing.

  • byCourtney Kruk
Unions warn working from home not a panacea for flexibility

Unions warn working from home not a panacea for flexibility

The Fair Work Commission is looking at whether working-from-home protections can be applied to millions of workers. But unions say there’s more than one way to offer flexibility.

  • byAngus Thompson
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PM says working-from-home can be ‘win-win’ but not everyone is on board

PM says working-from-home can be ‘win-win’ but not everyone is on board

The Fair Work investigation into working-from-home rights is set to inflame the tug-of-war between bosses and employees over how offices run.

  • byAngus Thompson andRachel Clun
Why young Australians are more inclined to say ‘I don’t’

Why young Australians are more inclined to say ‘I don’t’

A survey of the same 9000 households over time shows big shifts in family life,including marriage,work,when we leave home and the prevalence of psychological distress.

  • byMatt Wade
Alarm bells:The world’s property market problem is getting worse

Alarm bells:The world’s property market problem is getting worse

The IMF has painted a bleak picture of the distress in America’s commercial property market and the havoc it may wreak. Australia is not immune.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Return-to-office mandates branded sexist for their impact on working mums

Return-to-office mandates branded sexist for their impact on working mums

As pressure mounts on workers to return to the office,experts are warning it could also mean a step backwards in workplace equality.

  • byWendy Tuohy
Reality bites for COVID tree-changers called back to city offices

Reality bites for COVID tree-changers called back to city offices

Stephen Mudd was one of the thousands of workers who fled Sydney during COVID-19. Now,once a week,he gets up at 4.20am to commute back to his city office.

  • byCatherine Naylor