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Address bias to create diverse workplaces

Conscious and unconscious bias needs to be recognised in the workplace, Angela Workman-Stark says.

Upskill pressures add to job hunters

Employers who want to stay ahead of the game must equip their staff.

Is your boss watching you?

A study reveals employers can easily learn important details about people from online searches before they meet them.

Proof you shouldn't go to work sick

You may get a gold star for soldiering through the workday, but you just make everyone around you sick. Literally.

Companies badly misunderstand millennials

Working millennials ask a lot of their employers, but game rooms and rock walls are low on the list.

Generation wars in the workplace

Millennials might be considered "extremely confident" and "impatient", but other generations can learn from them.

Migrant worker awarded $43,000

The Indian chef was awarded $31,400 in unpaid wages and reimbursed for $11,400 in "premiums" she paid.

Since when did retirement become a dirty word?

With stories about baby boomers rejecting retirement and embracing careers we sometimes forget that there are people who really can't wait to retire.

90-day trial flaw uncovered

Employment agreements must include a starting date for 90-day trial provision.

The daily grind is killing you

Many of us start out in gigs that we never thought we'd have to take and we need to make ends meet so we don't need to live in our parents' home anymore.

Workers not paid minimum wage

A man has been ordered to pay $11,600 after he failed to pay some of his 50 migrant staff minimum wage.

Five ways to make your boss love you

It's not that hard to impress your boss.

Robyn Pearce: Get those kids out of cars!

COMMENT: Why do parents think they do their kids a favour by driving them everywhere?

The boss who won't work long hours

Stewart Butterfield's billion-dollar start-up has an internal mantra of "work hard, go home."

Want to be a space tour guide? Apply here

Welcome to the era of the space tour guide.

Excecutive Success: Aiming to make a better brew

Even in the long-established tea and coffee trade, there's still room for innovation.

Surviving annoying workmates

Are you letting a colleague's annoying habits get the better of you?

Tom O'Neil: The Tough Questions

Of all the different types of interview questions prospective candidates are asked, the one people fear the most is the dreaded "behavioural"