Will the Easter mini-break be a record for sickie thieves?
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Will the Easter mini-break be a record for sickie thieves?

They spare no thought for employers,colleagues or customers.

  • byTony Featherstone

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Are micro-breaks becoming a macro problem at work?
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Are micro-breaks becoming a macro problem at work?

Too many employees game the system,crunching productivity and wages growth.

  • byTony Featherstone
Better wages or conditions:can we have both?

Better wages or conditions:can we have both?

How much are employees paying for workplace flexibility without realising it?

  • byTony Featherstone
‘Presenteeism’ is no gift for employees
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Opinion

‘Presenteeism’ is no gift for employees

Time to rid companies of old-fashioned views about workplace productivity.

  • byTony Featherstone
Should executive assistants spy on their boss?
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Opinion

Should executive assistants spy on their boss?

Calls for boards to spend more time with assistants to find out what’s going on.

  • byTony Featherstone
Who’s really to blame for too many unwanted graduates?
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Opinion

Who’s really to blame for too many unwanted graduates?

Australia’s skill base suffers as students choose oversupplied professions.

  • byTony Featherstone
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Should companies pay to collect your data?
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Should companies pay to collect your data?

Benefits of the data boom are becoming too one-sided for industry.

  • byTony Featherstone
Food delivery power will become harder to swallow
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Opinion

Food delivery power will become harder to swallow

Consumers and restaurants need adequate protection as a food-distribution duopoly forms.

  • byTony Featherstone
Parents v. singles:is there an unfair workplace bias?
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Parents v. singles:is there an unfair workplace bias?

It’s smart business to support parents but the family unit is changing.

  • byTony Featherstone
Over time for debate on unpaid white-collar work
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Over time for debate on unpaid white-collar work

Greater clarity needed on what is ‘reasonable’ for extra work without pay.

  • byTony Featherstone
Tourism backlash overseas provides lessons for Australia
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Tourism backlash overseas provides lessons for Australia

No holiday for locals who are struggling with hordes of international tourists.

  • byTony Featherstone