Will Australia ever move into a four-day working week?

Will Australia ever move into a four-day working week?

Momentum is building around the world for implementing shorter work weeks,and Dr Kirstin Ferguson says the conversation should soon be raised locally.

  • byDr Kirstin Ferguson

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How some companies are making it easier for families to work from home

How some companies are making it easier for families to work from home

From virtual tours of zoos to yoga and Pilates classes and extra paid leave - some companies are offering staff extra help to cope with the Sydney lockdown.

  • byAnna Patty
Zoom pays out $116m to settle ‘Zoombombing’ lawsuit

Zoom pays out $116m to settle ‘Zoombombing’ lawsuit

The lawsuit claimed that internet trolls had exploited the video conference service to hack meetings and show offensive messages or images.

  • byCade Metz
This lockdown,women are once again doing more of the housework,home schooling

This lockdown,women are once again doing more of the housework,home schooling

Overall,nearly 80 per cent of people said their experience during the pandemic had made them better prepared to work from home during this current lockdown.

  • byAnna Patty andMatt Wade
Monitors on bricks,and ‘ugg boot’ foot:Working from home,an injury story

Monitors on bricks,and ‘ugg boot’ foot:Working from home,an injury story

Physiotherapists say they have treated more people for injuries from poor set-ups working from home,while personal injury lawyers warn employers have responsibilities to their workers.

  • byTammy Mills
Just take the mental health day. Here’s why more of us are

Just take the mental health day. Here’s why more of us are

There has been a marked increase in workers – particularly young workers – taking a mental health day,with several drivers behind the trend.

  • bySophie Aubrey
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‘No consideration from either side’:The parents wedged between work and school

‘No consideration from either side’:The parents wedged between work and school

Working parents of primary school children say they feel like they’re inside the famous Star Wars garbage compactor scene as the demands of remote learning close in on one side and the unrelenting demands of work close in on the other.

  • byJordan Baker
Brace for the battles to come over the benefits of working from home

Brace for the battles to come over the benefits of working from home

With all the commute time freed up,what is to stop emplpyers from simply asking you to work longer from home? Blurring the lines between work and the rest of life does not have to benefit workers in the end.

  • byAustan Goolsbee
Show me the money:London staff want pay rises to return to office

Show me the money:London staff want pay rises to return to office

Londoners are not keen to return to the office but a cash incentive of roughly $9500 might get some over the line,according to a survey.

  • byEamon Akil Farhat
Reading the Zoom tea leaves

Reading the Zoom tea leaves

Zoom is just an app,but its corporate decisions reflect a mood and beliefs about what post-pandemic life might look like.

  • byShira Ovide
WFH experiment not working for everyone
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WFH experiment not working for everyone

There will be longer-term repercussions if WFH remains the principal component of most people’s working routine.

  • byJohn Pesutto