The hidden side of the supermarket giants’ quest for profits is an increasingly elaborate system for monitoring and managing shoppers and workers.
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COVID lockdowns and the rise of the gig economy have led to loneliness becoming an issue in the workplace.
If an organisation mandates their workers return to the workplace – whether exclusively or in part – it needs to provide clear guidelines.
Under the change, promised in Labor’s election campaign, there will be a new definition of when an employee can be classified as “casual”.
Working for a Machiavellian boss is infuriating, and bad for your mental health. By understanding what drives this personality, you can limit the fallout.
Being friendly at work can increase your happiness, productivity and help you make better use of your time. On the other hand, being unfriendly can make work less enjoyable and engaging.
Workplace incivility doesn’t quite rise to the level of bullying, harassment or discrimination, which makes it harder to tackle. Here’s why it occurs and what can be done about it.
Business groups say the Same Job, Same Pay Bill will force employers to pay inexperienced workers the same experienced ones. In fact, it relates to labour-hire firms.
Fifty to 80% of undergraduate teaching in Australia is done by casual or sessional staff
A Federal Court ruling on Sally Rugg’s case against Monique Ryan should provide some much needed guidance on what “reasonable additional work hours” means.
Micro-accomodations are acts that seem small to those making them, but if repeated can have much larger positive consequences for those they target.
Psychopaths are fearless and confident. They may seem potentially resourceful employees. It never works out.
Enterprise bargaining provisions take up seemingly endless pages in the Fair Work Act. When we talk about IR “reform”, we need to make the system simpler for workers.
Bosses tend to be oblivious to the power dynamics at play in such romantic entanglements.
The Ensuring Integrity Bill would restrict the activities of the unions who represent teachers and nurses as well as the construction workers who are its real target.
Dealing with the Coalition will more difficult than arguing than the rules are wrong.
Courts and contracts have given employers greater power to control the private or out-of-hours conduct of employees.
Social norms and stereotypes can make it hard for someone younger to be a mentor. But the changing nature of work demands we work out how to do it.
A flat management structure can reduce costs and boost efficiency but may be hard for larger firms to implement.
Dealing with a co-worker or manager who says demonstrably false things can be a challenge, particularly at holiday office parties. Here’s a guide to handle a colleague in denial.
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Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Future Work, and Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Professor of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Distinguished Professor of Workplace Law, RMIT University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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TR Ashworth Professor in Sociology, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Theme Leader, Centre for Workplace Leadership, Professor of Management & Associate Dean (Global Engagement), The University of Melbourne
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Director of the International Gaming Research Unit and Professor of Behavioural Addiction, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, University of Sydney
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Research Associate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Adjunct Professor, James Cook University
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Incoming Director of the Australian Institute of Business and Economics at UQ, and Professor of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor, Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney
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Professor of Gender, Work and Employment Relations, ARC Future Fellow, Business School, co-Director Women, Work and Leadership Research Group, University of Sydney
