The path to employment is not easy for a young person. Follow the lines in our flow chart to see the many different pathways young people might have to take to secure a job.
Regardless of the channels through which it is done, most employees want to have a say in how their workplaces are run.
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Even though union membership has dropped to just 15%, unions still have an important role to play in ensuring that workers have meaningful input into how their workplaces are run.
Employees who chose to be emotionally manipulative may also have high emotional intelligence.
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Employees who admitted to being emotionally manipulative in a survey may also be perceived as being emotionally intelligent in their workplaces, a study has found.
GPs are finding the compensation process for work related mental health claims onerous and in some cases bad for their patient’s health, a study has found.
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Programs that aim to prevent violence against women through gender equality at work are facing opposition from leaders who don’t see it as a workplace issue.
Love it or hate it, we still use email.
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Email has been around for many decades and its death has been predicted many times. Love it or hate it, we still need it for communication at work and in our private lives.
Bean bags as chairs and other office design gimmicks are not the best ideas for a mentally healthy workplace.
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Australian discrimination laws offer some protection for employees wanting to disclose their mental illness, but it doesn’t make the decision any easier.
Survey participants reported discrimination in job interviews.
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A survey has found more reports of discrimination than positive treatment of job seekers with a mental illness.
There are definite costs of mental illness in the workplace but the return on investment in a mentally healthy workplace can be a big boost to the bottom line.
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New data shows Australians are spending more on mental health services and with costs to business in the millions, it’s time employers realised good mental health is good for the bottom line too.
Australian tech startup Atlassian launches on the Nasdaq market.
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