Life after redundancy: what happens next for journalists when they leave newsrooms
There is lingering anger among journalists made redundant that expertise and experience seem to have become disposable assets in newsrooms.
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Hazelwood’s closure calls for a rethink on Latrobe Valley solutions
Past attempts to help Latrobe Valley workers weather economic changes haven't made a difference, so the closure of Hazelwood presents a challenge.
How to fire someone … kindly
A simple 'you're fired!' just won't cut it.
Discrimination law fails pregnant women who lose their jobs
Research shows pregnant women are still being discriminated against in unfair dismissal cases, when employers say they are redundant.
Job cuts save money but can hurt business in the long-run
Barclays, Pearson, Virgin Media and others have announced big layoffs following poor results – research shows it could be bad strategy in the long-run.
Saving Britain’s steel industry: what can be done, and is it even worth it?
Managing the decline of the steel industry is no easy task. So what are the options?
Is the Toyota way the only way?
UPDATE: Workers for transport company 1st Fleet were handed redundancy notices when they arrived for work this morning, after the company ceased trading. Are we seeing something of this same attitude recently…
Toyota’s ‘low-productivity’ workers and the problem of performance assessment
As if losing their jobs wasn’t bad enough in a contracting local economy, the 350 laid-off workers from the Toyota plant in Altona, also leave with the stigma of being a “low-productivity” worker or, colloquially…
University of Sydney targets 164 teaching staff for redundancy
More than 100 academic staff at the University of Sydney are set to lose their jobs after receiving emails to inform them…
Hundreds at Sydney University to learn their fate next week
Plans by the University of Sydney to post hundreds of letters to staff on a redundancy hit list on Monday afternoon are likely…
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