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Workplace
Opinion
Work therapy
Killjoys and prigs: When the new job turns out to be a nightmare
You’ve changed jobs, and utterly regret it. Should ask your old employer if they’ll take you back?
- by Jonathan Rivett
Latest
Succession anyone? What it’s really like to work in a family business
There are plenty of reasons to build your career in a family business, whether it’s working for your own clan or in another family’s organisation.
- by Sue White
Opinion
Commercial property finance
Zombie offices a real risk as workers fight to work from home
Having been forced into working from home, white-collar workers aren’t ready to give it up without a fight and that’s bad news for office landlords.Â
- by Elizabeth Knight
Don’t be afraid to ‘manage up’ if your boss is a nightmare
It’s not always easy to ‘just quit’ your job if your boss is making your life a misery.
- by Jonathan Rivett
Opinion
The lowdown
Stronger union rights can mean more productive, sustainable workplaces
Legal restrictions on unions’ workplace access have directly contributed to the significant rise in wage theft in Australia.
- by Chris F Wright
Do pronoun preferences and titles matter at work? It’s complicated
Like so many other aspects of recruitment, conservative values and plain wrong thinking continue to exist in some quarters.
- by Jim Bright
Fancy looking after a five-tonne elephant?
Vet nurses are playing a key role in caring for our native wildlife – great and small.
- by Sue White
Exclusive
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.
- by Andrew Taylor
Tread carefully when jumping to judgment at work
It might be fun to laugh about office ‘clowns’ but there’s not that many outright incompetents going around.
- by Jonathan Rivett
Sweet dreams of engineering a better world
Engineering qualifications can offer the chance to use your skills to help people and planet.
- by Sue White
Opinion
MyCareer
Why labels can limit your job prospects
If we give credence to oversimplified categorisations, we may be unduly influenced in our decision-making.
- by Jim Bright