Business leaders in ASX categories relying on household spending, have stronger than average positive outlook on the future.
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The sentiment of business leaders has remained positive and improved over the past 12 months according to our analysis.
New research identifies sexism as the main driver of the gender wage gap.
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New research shows that women are paid 16% less than their male colleagues for making a contribution of the same value to their employer.
It’s a man’s world.
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An expert who has spent 15 years researching the gender pay gap among actors explains.
The rise of the ChiefBot.
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Australia’s Chief Scientist Alan Finkel says while it’s possible to build robots to take over jobs – including his own – humanity still has the edge over machines.
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Flexible working reduces the likelihood that women cut their hours or leave the labour market after childbirth.
It’s not just workers on building sites that will feel the pinch of the construction downturn.
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The threat of a loss of jobs in the the industries that support construction reveals the problem in relying on building to sustain the economy.
Is freelancing the future of employment?
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Freelancing is hardly the glamorous, coffee-fueled industry shown on TV. In OECD countries, most gig workers are in the service sector.
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His anti-PC ‘manifesto’ might be filled with nonsense, but that doesn’t mean James Damore’s thoughts have no value, or that he should have been fired.
U.S. President Donald Trump enjoys some time in the cab of a mover truck parked at the White House in March when truckers and industry CEOs came for a discussion on health care.
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Mexico has traditionally been NAFTA’s biggest loser. But Canada is at risk if the U.S. gets its way in removing a dispute settlement mechanism from the deal in the upcoming NAFTA renegotiations.
Healthcare workers tend to think that women are better than men at the job and that there is a bias in favour of women.
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The effect of gender quotas on an organisation’s performance depends on employee’s attitude towards quotas, which in turn depends on the labour market environment.
‘Now, where did I put that purpose?’
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Ethics and a clear vision really do matter – especially in these turbulent times.
The absolute level of income tends to be higher in the cities than the regions - but this has always been so.
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New research released today by the Grattan Institute shows that income growth and unemployment rates are not obviously worse in regional areas.
Since 2001, the proportion of full-time workers who believe they will not be with their current employer has been stable at about 7.5%; and the rate for part-time workers has decreased from 15.5 to 12.6%.
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Data show that people don’t feel more insecure in their jobs now. In fact, that feeling is decreasing.
Male scientists dominate labs, often with little to no female representation in the work or research subjects.
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Research laboratories are dominated by men, and that’s not only bad for lab culture, it can be dangerous for science.
Dreaming of ways to retire.
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With life expectancy stalling and austerity partly to blame, the UK must rethink its approach to retirement.
The uber pool of the 18th century.
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Prior to industrialisation in the 19th century, most people worked multiple jobs to piece together a living.
The only way isn’t up.
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The tricky truth is that change goes in both directions.
Theresa May: not bowing to pressure to ban zero-hours contracts.
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Two experts assess the prime minister’s claim and what the evidence says about the impact of a ban.
Refugee Talent, a digital matching platform to assist refugees in finding work in Australia, emerged out of one of the Techfugee Sydney Hackathon events.
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Social enterprises set up by refugees are also helping countries to overcome some of the challenges of economic and social integration of new arrivals.
Ironically, one of the biggest advantages of a bot-based application system is that it can come across as more personal than a human.
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If companies are using automated software in hiring, then job applicants should be able to use the same technology.