Why an algorithm manager is the newest form of a horrible boss What is to be made of the new bosses settling into workplaces across all sectors: the algorithm managers?
How your business can benefit from hiring people living with intellectual disability People living with intellectual disability are ready, willing and able to work. What employers often don’t realise is that hiring from this oft-neglected segment of the workforce can also bring benefits for business.
How will Labor keep its IR promises on wage growth and gender equality? At this election, Labor campaigned on the need to address three key issues: wage stagnation, insecure jobs and gender inequality.
Don’t like performance reviews? Here’s how you can improve them in a hybrid work environment Here are three challenges that employers and their employees will face when conducting performance reviews in a hybrid workplace, and the ways they can overcome them.
Labor has promised more TAFE places, but staff shortages are an urgent issue Boosting TAFE places without expanding the present depleted teaching workforce is likely to see more teachers bailing out and corners cut in education practices.
Is Australia’s Great Resignation a myth? In the wake of a jump in the proportion of workers quitting jobs in the United States — dubbed the “The Great Resignation” — Australia’s media has been warning of a surge in resignations here.
A “looming war” for low-skilled workers: Why Australia needs to rethink its migration system As we emerge from the COVID-19 crisis, groups such as the Grattan Institute have been calling for an even greater focus on skilled migration, saying it will deliver us Australians who are younger, smarter and richer.
Instagram’s privacy is improving, but the new Instagram-for-kids is raising questions While Instagram’s privacy updates for kids are positive, plans for an under-13s app means profits still take precedence for the social media conglomerate.
Why Australia’s “Arm Yourself” vaccination campaign is a missed opportunity The "Arm Yourself" campaign is a missed opportunity to alleviate fears and encourage a high uptake of the vaccine by Australians of all ages.
Would a dual strategy help Australia’s trade relationship with China? The Morrison government may currently be squandering an opportunity to engage more constructively with China on common interests.
Is Australia’s cybersecurity approach flawed? Critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft email software raise concerns Microsoft's has identified four critical vulnerabilities in its email software, Exchange, prompting concern over Australia's national cybersecurity policies.
Four key takeaways from the aged care royal commission’s final report The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s final report has laid out an extensive plan to overhaul Australia’s aged-care system.
