Workplace culture
‘Devil in a suit’: How to tell if your boss is a corporate psychopath
Do you ever feel like your boss is always taking credit for your work while belittling you and focusing on themselves? If so, your manager might be a corporate psychopath.
- by Melissa Lawford
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Analysis
Analysis
From schools to Buckingham Palace: How tattoos became acceptable at work
Historically, having an inking made getting a corporate job more difficult, but tattoos have become less taboo in the workplace.
- by Madeleine Ross
Opinion
Opinion
We criticise fickle young workers, but what about their managers?
We have been accusing the youth of today of disloyalty for decades. But what about the reverse?
- by Jim Bright
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State Parliament
Negligent employers face up to 20 years jail over worker deaths
New industrial manslaughter laws will be introduced in NSW to hold liable employers to account. It follows 41 employees dying across the state this year.
- by Michael McGowan
Analysis
Working from home
Bosses mean it this time: Return to the office or get a new job
After more than two years of trying to coax workers back into offices, bosses are losing their patience.
- by Taylor Telford
Warnings of ‘predatory behaviour’ at government agency’s Canberra office
The Productivity Commission will undergo “significant workplace reform” after a report found a permissive culture towards sexism and harassment, Jim Chalmers says.
- by Rachel Clun
AI will let people live to 100 and work 3.5 day weeks, says JPMorgan boss
The boss of Wall Street’s biggest bank expects AI to transform the workplace, but he has sounded a note of caution about the technology.
- by Simon Foy
Opinion
Lunch
‘Fridge clean out this Friday!’ The office politics of the work lunch
Personally, I think paying $16 for sushi five times a week should be grounds for immediate termination.
- by Thomas Mitchell
I complained about my job in an interview, and it got back to my boss. Help?
Though you have been treated poorly, it’s never a good idea to bad-mouth your current workplace in an interview, writes Dr Kirstin Ferguson.
- by Kirstin Ferguson
Opinion
Workplace
Facts, not fads, should be the new benchmark for HR
Will human resources ever aspire to base their practices on evidence, rather than chasing the latest trends? The widespread, uncritical application of the word “benchmark” seems a case in point.
- by Jim Bright
Opinion
Work therapy
Low-skilled, unskilled: It doesn’t take skills to see the problem
If you argue that a worker has fewer or less useful skills than someone else, you can come to the prejudiced conclusion that they deserve less.
- by Jonathan Rivett