Staff

Office workers walk through a green lit foyer of an office building in Melbourne May 5, 2009. Australia's central bank kept its key cash rate steady at a record low of 3.0 percent on Tuesday, choosing to save its remaining policy ammunition after 425 basis points of cuts in the past eight months.

Find out what the staff are thinking, it really pays dividends

Lanning Bennett SEEKING the views of employees is the best way of finding out what is really going on in a business, its issues, problems and challenges and what needs to be done to make the organisation perform...

Is your workplace blind to staff diversity?

Tony Featherstone As skills shortages loom, companies need to think more about the benefits of hiring workers with disabilities.

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Warranty company on the brink, say ex-staff

Jane Lee and Max Mason A struggling company that provided extended warranties for Myer and Big W is under the regulators' spotlight, amid claims from former staff that it has failed to pay wages since the first week of...

MANAGING

Five tips to fire up your staff

Christopher Niesche Many Australians lack motivation at work, with nearly half planning to leave their jobs, according to a recent survey.

Staff to be protected from scarpering directors

Ben Butler Corporate regulators will clamp down on bosses who try to run away from their responsibilities.

'You're Fired!': Bouris sacks own staff

Michael Evans The Mark Bouris-chaired technology company TZ has slashed its workforce as part of cost cuts to avoid a cash crunch.

Staff don't care too much for money

Max Mason A new study shows pay and bonuses are unlikely to help drive success for SMEs.

Accounting firms on the prowl for staff

Almost a third of Australia's accounting and finance firms intend hiring new staff.

The weakest link: managing underperforming staff

James Adonis How do you turn badly performing employees around? Four experts share their advice.

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10 ways to grow your business by 10% (or 20% or 50%) in 12 months

Anneli Knight If your business is not green and growing then it’s ripe and rotting, says serial entrepreneur Creel Price.

Open your business with a bang

Tony Featherstone Nine tips to get the most out of your store opening, and avoid common pitfalls.

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Letting go of the reins in your business

Valerie Khoo Do you want the business you created to grow to its full potential? Then perhaps you need to step out of the way.

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Donut King plays host to 'humiliating' sacking

Daniel Hurst The manager of a jewellery kiosk company could have found a better location than a Donut King outlet to inform an employee she was being made redundant, Fair Work Australia has found.