Dear bosses,if you don’t trust your staff to WFH then the problem is you

Dear bosses,if you don’t trust your staff to WFH then the problem is you

A knee-jerk reaction to significantly reduce or end access to remote work,particularly hybrid work,would be a mistake.

  • byKirstin Ferguson

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NAB strikes work-from-home deal as CBA remains in staff stand-off

NAB strikes work-from-home deal as CBA remains in staff stand-off

NAB staff wages will rise by 17.5 per cent over four years under a deal that includes conditions such as cultural leave for Indigenous employees.

  • byAngus Thompson
CBA faces Fair Work fight after ordering staff to return to office

CBA faces Fair Work fight after ordering staff to return to office

The Finance Sector Union has lodged a dispute with the industrial umpire,asking it to intervene in the stalemate between the big-four bank and its staff.

  • byAngus Thompson
‘Disrespectful and out of step’:Council staff revolt over end of flexible working

‘Disrespectful and out of step’:Council staff revolt over end of flexible working

Randwick Council has ordered staff to return to the office five days a week,as employers warn workers who do not show up to work risk losing their jobs.

  • byAndrew Taylor
More than a babysitter,less than a nanny:The rise of mother’s helpers

More than a babysitter,less than a nanny:The rise of mother’s helpers

More professionals with young children are forgoing conventional childcare centres,instead paying for care in their own home while they work in another room.

  • byMary Ward
Makeup and a pub meal:What a portfolio director on $270,000 spends in a week

Makeup and a pub meal:What a portfolio director on $270,000 spends in a week

On Money Diaries,a portfolio director who makes $270,000 a year and spends some of her money this week on dry shampoo and hair dye.

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The smokers in the office are questioning me working from home

The smokers in the office are questioning me working from home

It sounds like your office has too much suspicion floating about. It’s time for your manager to lay down the rules.

  • byKirstin Ferguson
‘Laptop class in la-la land’:Elon Musk lashes work from home,calls it morally dubious

‘Laptop class in la-la land’:Elon Musk lashes work from home,calls it morally dubious

Elon Musk is calling out people who work from home,saying it’s an insult to those who must show up at the workplace.

  • bySean O'Kane
WA might have dodged lockdowns,but did we miss this silver lining too?

WA might have dodged lockdowns,but did we miss this silver lining too?

While travelling overseas for the first time post-pandemic,I quickly realised my family’s lives had fundamentally changed.

  • byHeather McNeill
Forget the glory days:Today,offices are just expensive real-estate
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Forget the glory days:Today,offices are just expensive real-estate

Appeals to get people back into offices are based on zen thinking about intangible work magic that seemingly only occurs under ceiling tiles and fluorescent lights.

  • byJim Bright
NFTs and soda refills:What a real estate worker on $140,000 spends in a week

NFTs and soda refills:What a real estate worker on $140,000 spends in a week

In Money Diaries this week,a business development manager who makes $115,000 a year,puts $100 a month into NFTs and earns $150 from a dog photoshoot.

  • byRefinery29 Australia