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A Trump–proof Australia needs productive industrial relations
The lack of a real election contest over greater workplace flexibility will condemn Australia to lower productivity and leave the nation less protected.
- The AFR View
Put tech-savvy 20-year-olds on ASX company boards: HR boss
Should companies add tech-savvy Gen Z workers to their company boards? Some HR professionals think they are missing a trick if they don’t.
- Euan Black
Diversity push triggers bidding war for female talent
Companies have sparked a bidding war for senior female talent by focusing on getting women into leadership positions without expanding their female pipelines.
- Euan Black
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Fourfold rise in union visits at BHP’s Pilbara mines is not helping wages
It is amazing how quickly a summit about the workforce reveals the chasm between government and big business. BHP’s Pilbara mines are a great example.
- Anthony Macdonald
Non-compete ban may free big earners in tech and finance
Labor’s new rules could extend to white-collar workers who make more than $175,000 when including bonuses.
- Patrick Durkin and Hannah Tattersall
March
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- Working from home
Reports of WFH’s death greatly exaggerated
New research from the Australian HR Institute has found major employers that have introduced stricter office attendance rules are swimming against the tide.
- Euan Black
New diversity law granting ministerial power is overreach: Goward
A bill that could lock employers out and give ministerial powers to set DEI targets may discourage investment, says the former sex discrimination commissioner.
- Euan Black and Patrick Durkin
February
Are you a ‘high performer’? How companies work that out is changing
The pressure to do more with less in a tough economy has sharpened leaders’ focus on high performance and how to achieve it.
- Euan Black
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
The tide is turning against WFH. Office property will be a winner
Like it or not, the return-to-workplace push is gaining momentum. It’s one of two big factors setting the stage for a revival in commercial real estate.
- James Thomson
GenAI helps engineers cut response time from weeks to minutes
Worley is using the technology to reduce the time it takes to draft responses to complex customer queries by parsing the firm’s extensive technical database.
- Edmund Tadros
‘I’ve had it’: JPMorgan’s Dimon rails against Gen Z
In an expletive-laden outburst, the CEO of America’s largest bank said that if “zoomers” did not want to come to the office for work, they should quit.
- Matt Oliver
How these accountants are using AI to take more time off work
Grant Thornton employees are saving an average of almost 3.5 hours a week using generative AI, enabling more of them to take an extra day off each fortnight.
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- Euan Black
- Opinion
- Industrial relations
Why Australia’s Fair Work Act changes hurt housing
The new rules are sinking jobs and businesses, and mean more expensive housing and an explosion in innovation that could create the very real risk of no building industry
- Pru Goward
Chevron to slash 20pc of global work force in cost-cutting push
The US oil giant’s plans could affect as many as 9000 employees, as it targets as much as $4.8 billion of structural cost reductions by 2026.
- Kevin Crowley
The baffling (and little-known) WFH statistic
Businesses are tightening hybrid work rules, but working-from-home levels have so far barely budged.
- Pilita Clark
January
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February 2024
Five tips to manage your Gen Z workers
Knowing what these young employees want is one thing. Actually managing them – and trying to retain them – is quite another.
- Sally Patten
IR changes an 'unambiguous assault' on gig work: Chamber of Commerce boss
Chief executive of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) Andrew McKellar says the latest changes to Australia's industrial regulations rules are an attack on gig work.
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No scrutiny of Labor’s workplace laws
Labor did not consult its top productivity adviser over its latest workplace laws, including the right to disconnect, a change industry says ‘shows common sense has left the room’.
- David Marin-Guzman, Patrick Durkin and Euan Black
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Workforce summit exposes IR inflexibility mismatch
The government calls its new industrial relations laws ‘closing loopholes’ when it is really about closing off flexibility.
- The AFR View
How bosses are using generative AI to work smarter, better
Companies are still divided on whether automation and new AI will guarantee productivity and efficiency gains.
- Samantha Hutchinson and Patrick Durkin
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
We’re all guessing on WFH, but firms may soon need to pick a side
From Canva to JPMorgan, leaders are still feeling their way when it comes to working from home. But employees may be about to force the issue.
- James Thomson
Aussie bosses falling behind in tech race
Local business leaders are lagging rich countries in adopting technologies such as artificial intelligence and data analytics, contributing to the economy’s productivity slowdown, Productivity Commission chairwoman Danielle Wood says.
- John Kehoe
How JPMorgan polices return to office mandates
JPMorgan CEO Robert Bedwell explains how the company is policing its return to the office mandates and how compliance affects performance reviews.
- Updated
Four-day week v office mandate: One size does not fit all
Medibank’s Kylie Bishop says its workers on a four-day-a-week trial are less stressed, but JPMorgan says it needs its merchant bankers in the office every day.
- David Marin-Guzman
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