Posted on 12 August 2010. Tags: Employers
According to a new CEO Pulse survey, CEO’s are most concerned about their ability and opportunity to source skilled staff. What else are CEO’s thinking about the changes to Fair Work? Click here to find out stats on CEO’s take on employer flexibility, staff turnover and labour productivity. The good news is that there is […]
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Posted on 12 August 2010. Tags: Diversity, Employers
The stats don’t lie – despite our best intentions, be they real or wishful women still aren’t getting paid the same as their male counterparts. Put bluntly, it means women are not getting paid fairly. Sharryn Jackson MP (member for Hasluck, WA) is promoting a report that outlines why the pay gap is a huge […]
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Posted on 12 August 2010. Tags: Sexual discrimination
Disappointed. That’s how I describe my reaction to Mia Freedman’s blog post saying how awkward it was for her to report on Mark McInnes’ inappropriate behaviour as CEO of DJ’s. On her MamaMia blog, Freedman acknowledged what McInnes did was wrong, but also notes she had declined initially to respond on the basis that McInnes […]
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Posted on 12 August 2010. Tags: Bias & stereotypes, Gender Balance, Sexual discrimination, working women
Gender stereotypes are much more prevalent then many employers would like to think – I could write a gender stereotype War and Peace of the stories I’ve heard from both the women who are discriminated against (or suspect they are) and the employers who have been shocked to realize what was going on int their […]
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Posted on 11 August 2010. Tags: Family Motherhood and Home
We have reached a milestone in Australia with the first national paid parental leave scheme coming in to force in the new year. By any measure, this is good news for mums in Australia who are the majority of carers for newborns. The coalition is promising a more attractive scheme if it makes it into […]
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Posted on 11 August 2010. Tags: Women in Leadership, women leaders, Women on boards
Then explore this web page about exactly that question. And yes, Australia is on there!
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