Employers free to sack gossip mongers: Fair Work Australia gives green light to sack worker for spreading salacious rumours
Posted on 09 August 2011.
Spreading rumours at work is indeed a sackable offence, with the decision to sack a Global Cranes worker who spread “salacious” rumours being upheld by the workplace watchdog. Former Global Cranes employee Kym Reedy was fired in December last year after it was found that she spread rumours about her employer’s sex life and supposed drug […]
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Half price sale continues in the sphinxx shop – with 20 new titles added!
Posted on 09 August 2011.
Thanks to everyone who’s placed orders already in the half price 50 from 50 offer this month in the sphinxx shop. We’ve just restocked the shelves with 20 new titles, so if the selection was looking a bit light on the last time you looked, why not take another peek and see the full range on sale […]
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Men’s Regrets Focus on Work, Women’s on Love
Posted on 09 August 2011.
Asked to report one salient regret in life, men were more likely to mention a work regret, whereas women were more likely to mention a regret related to love, according to a survey of 370 adult Americans by Mike Morrison of the University of Illinois and Neal J. Roese of the Kellogg School at Northwestern University. When […]
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West Bank Women make political statement in their swimming costumes
Posted on 05 August 2011.
I came across this story by Ethan Bronner which I think is just a great way to cap out the week… a group of women who defied the laws of Israel with their own peaceful protest involving (of all things!) a swim in the ocean! The women – most of whom had never seen the ocean before – were […]
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Is the best person for the job a woman? Recruitment tips and strategies for headhunters, business leaders and women
Posted on 02 August 2011.
We need to talk about recruitment. Specifically it seems we need to talk about recruiting women into key leadership roles, because still I keep hearing there aren’t enough suitable women out there. So who makes this assessment anyway? The recruiters? Business leaders? The women? It seems that all three have an important role to play. And if we’re to […]
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Women & Leadership Conference – a guest post with 3 top tips shared by inspiring women leaders
Posted on 02 August 2011.
This is a guest post from Catherine Porter at Linen Lifestyle who writes “I was fortunate to be invited to attend theMacquarie Women Work and Management Conference last week. From the start to the finish, the conference was organized to exceed our expectations.” Over two hundred women registered for the conference, the majority being from government and the […]
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