4 day work weeks and stronger leave policies: The top workplace trends we’ll see in 2023
In many respects the illusive future of work has arrived – the monumental shifts in how and where we work that have occurred over the past three years are vast and have tested the boundaries of the employee-employer relationship at work and at home like never before. Flexible work took on a whole new dimension […]
Making a Flexible Work policy work – HRD Magazine speaks with PepsiCo Australia
There can be no doubt that the Covid-19 crisis has changed the way we work. Across the country, HR professionals and managers have had to adapt to the imposed ‘work from home’ model that many organisations were forced into. Almost a year on and HRD Magazine spoke with Anita Patrick, Human Resources Director at PepsiCo […]
Could the concept of ‘going to work’ as we know it be changed forever?
Many firms are planning how they’re going to get staff who have been working from home, back to the office. Not all will want to return. Could the concept of ‘going to work’ as we know it be changed forever? The last two months of isolation for many workers has meant imposed working from home […]
Achieving Parental Leave Equality Sydney: Roundtable Discussion Report
‘Despite the rapid rate in which mothers have returned to the workforce over the past 10 – 20 years, there has been almost zero shift in the percentage of men taking up parental leave or opting to stay at home as the primary carer.’ – Excerpt from Roundtable Discussion Report The first national roundtable discussion […]
Business leaders gather at Sydney Opera House for a nation-first discussion on parental leave equality
“The critical goal is to increase the number of men taking primary parental leave without fear of discrimination or adverse career consequences” Emma Walsh, CEO, Parents At Work There was a pretty special feeling inside the Sydney Opera House, as these corporate, high-profile businessmen sat on stage and spoke about parental leave- partly as employers […]
