Posted on 28 January 2016. Tags: Employers, Gender Balance, Management and Leadership, Sexual discrimination
You may have been following the storm in the teacup that has been brewing as a result of litigation involving ANZ Bank, strip clubs and certain (allegedly) badly behaved traders who it turns out are paid more than their Bank’s CEO. In case you missed it, here’s a snippit. In response, ANZ, Westpac and Commonwealth […]
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Posted on 13 May 2015. Tags: Career Management, Employers, Family Motherhood and Home, pay equity, Salary and remuneration
The Federal budget released last night introduces changes to Paid Parental Leave to prevent “double dipping” of employees with access to both employer and government funded PPL. But all is not lost, this is how employers AND employees can continue to access both: Get creative. As Shakespeare said, “A rose by any other name would […]
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Posted on 17 July 2013. Tags: Bias & stereotypes, Employers, Gender Balance
You might have heard about this guy who was applying for jobs back in the 1990s in the management consulting profession without success. Turns out his first name is Kim and it dawned on him – after countless knock-backs without so much as an inte…
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Posted on 04 July 2013. Tags: Community, Employers, leadership
Marie was an ordinary, unassuming woman, in her sixties I would guess. She was well dressed, clean and neat, and wore a hat on this cold winter’s day. Standing outside a city office tower, she was so normal she could have been anyone&…
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Posted on 14 May 2013. Tags: Employers, Gender Balance, Women on boards
Here’s a big tip for those of you charged with measuring and monitoring gender balance in your organization: the new Guidelines for Gender Balance Performance and Reporting Australia developed by Women On Boards will save you loads of time and mo…
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Posted on 19 April 2013. Tags: childcare, Employers, Family Motherhood and Home, Flexibility at Work, Gender Balance, Parenting, working women, worklifebalance
Parenting and work – and how to combine the two – are critical issues for our communities. Since launching the Make Care Fair petition three years ago, a lot has changed in the world of childcare, paid parental leave and the needs of …
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