Employer

The best city to be an employer

James Adonis The best city in the world to be an employer is… not in Australia. And there isn’t an Australian city at all in the top ten.

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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...

$17 pay rise for country's lowest paid

Clay Lucas The national minimum wage for Australia's 1.4 million lowest paid workers should be raised by $17.10 a week, Fair Work Australia has said.

Work whenever I want? Yes please

James Adonis Companies are increasingly offering '100 per cent flexibility' to their employees.

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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.

Employers renew demand for cuts in penalty rates

Clay Lucas Employers renew their push to cut penalty rates for workers in the hospitality and retail sectors.

In the name of the Father ... at work

James Adonis There's something quite intrusive about overt religion, especially in the workplace.

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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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Are you an office thief?

James Adonis Is the stealing of office stationery really stealing?

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Bosses more likely to tweak resumes

Managers are the worst offenders when it comes to making false claims on their CVs, research by a talent assessment company shows.

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.

Directors 'must be forced to pay'

Ben Butler and Clay Lucas Senior union leader says the government should be able to go after the personal assets of company directors who do not keep aside enough money to pay employee entitlements.

Staff to be protected from scarpering directors

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

How would you rather be sacked?

Tony Featherstone By using a blunt axe, some companies make redundancy programs a whole lot worse.

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Big brother just got bigger

James Adonis Some employers go to extraordinary lengths to monitor their employees’ movements.

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Rise of the 'intrapreneur'

James Adonis Many entrepreneurs remember what it was like working for an employer. There might be bright sparks in your business feeling the same way.

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