Flexibility
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…
Read MoreMaking 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…
Read MoreGREAT WATCH: The Future of Workplace Flexibility (for Organisations and Managers)
How will work-life be re-imagined post COVID-19? Remote work is radically reshaping how we work and live. As organisations busily plan to welcome employees back to the office post COVID-19, they are fast re-imaging how and what ‘working from the office’ will actually mean in reality. Workplaces acknowledge we’re still months away from having everyone…
Read MoreCould 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…
Read MoreThe Pros and Cons of Working From Home
ABC Radio Interview – Richard Glover and Emma Walsh In this new and changing situation we find ourselves in amidst the recent outbreak of COVID-19, businesses are changing the ways they do things, adapting to the unusual circumstances, and putting plans in place for the coming months that will enable employees to remain productive and…
Read MoreFlexibility At Work – The number 1 thing parents and carers say would help manage work and family
-What would help parents and carers most to reduce the struggle of the juggle? The answer … greater flexibility. Nearly half (44%) of Australian working parents and carers told us that they would like to have more control over when and where they work – that this was the number one sticking point to…
Read More1 in 3 Dads Change their Jobs for Better Work-Life Balance – Yet Many Employers Still Not Listening
Daddilife, in partnership with Deloitte UK, has just released the findings from a major study they recently conducted into the challenges of modern working fathers. The Millennial Dad at Work report interviewed over 2000 working dads between the ages of 24 and 40, across every region of the UK and throughout a broad range of…
Read MoreFlexibility: the answer to retaining talented female leaders
It’s International Flexible Working Day on May 22, and Parents At Work CEO Emma Walsh interviewed the day’s founder, Vanessa Vanderhoek, on how the day was created and why her advocacy behind flexible working is so important. Vanessa started Flexible Working Day three years ago, as a day ‘to showcase and celebrate the benefits of…
Read MoreDads overcoming the barriers in the workplace to taking parental leave
Research conducted by an advocacy group for working parents found 53 per cent of fathers felt their workplace was not supportive of them taking parental leave. Why is this? A new ABC article takes a look at the reasons behind men’s low uptake of parental leave – including the few leave options available to men in…
Read MoreRedefining flexibility: Deloitte announces new parental leave changes
Deloitte has reaffirmed themselves as frontrunners in parental leave with new flexible options to their already leading parental leave scheme. Deloitte already offers 18 weeks paid leave to all new parents, regardless of gender. From 2017, Deloitte gave their employees the opportunity to take paid parental leave flexibly. For example, an employee could work three…
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