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Guarding your business when you're sick
Financial advisers spend a lot of time creating contingency plans for their clients, but many neglect to prepare for their own worst-case scenario.
How would you rather be sacked?
Tony Featherstone By using a blunt axe, some companies make redundancy programs a whole lot worse.
Job losses bode poorly for uni graduates
Tony Featherstone We need young people who can ‘create’ rather than ‘apply’ for their jobs.
Register sneaks up on companies
Ben Butler The Personal Property Securities Register opens for business on Monday, replacing 40 registers and 70 laws around Australia.
Charity cafe fighting to make its daily bread
Tim Elliott Anger and disappointment as employees of a Sydney institution face an uncertain future.
Managing
Problems higher for casual workers: unions
Young workers are more likely to be sexually harassed, discriminated against and underpaid as they become trapped in casual jobs, unions say.
Treading carefully: persevering with under-performers
Belinda Williams Individuals wield significant power in small businesses. So how long can employers afford to persevere with under-performing staff?
