This Week in Talent (22nd March)

This week in Talent: the benefits of time-blocking the “Planned Chaos” that inevitably pops up in any recruiter’s day, pregnant women and new mothers reporting dismal working conditions, Bupa trials 9-day fortnight, aged care workers win 28.5% wage rise, Business NSW seeks new category of part-time worker, ATC2024 tix now on sale, and more!

This Week in Talent (1st March)

This week in Talent: personal reflections on shifting to a part-time Talent role, the WGEA publishes gender pay gaps for 100+ companies, a potential “bye-bye” to the right to work from home, the employers with the biggest and smallest gender paygaps, Microsoft’s New Future of Work report, how one Aussie work-site increased its female workforce x5, and more!

Is linking time in the office to career success the best way to get us back to work?

John L Hopkins, Swinburne University of Technology Working from home introduced in response to the harsh pandemic lockdowns in 2020 was expected to be a short term arrangement with staff returning to the office as soon as restrictions were lifted. Yet, almost four years later, most office workers are still following hybrid arrangements – splitting…

This Week in Talent (2nd March)

Greeting, you delightful #TWITs! What a week! I’ve spent the last week living in a COVID household., My elderly in-laws arrived from Scotland, only to have caught COVID on the plane. I’ve been speaking to a lot of people online this past week as I’ve been keeping myself isolated (I somehow avoided infection!). One thing…