Companies have long tended to protect rather than punish high-profile harassers. That may change as the #MeToo movement inspires more women to speak out.
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Human resources professionals should be trained at school and encouraged on the job to take employee complaints seriously. But that’s not how the profession works now.
It’s something that affects all women – but few companies have menopause-specific health and well-being policies.
Chinese professionals are influenced by the Confucian values. This means they are uncomfortable with refusing tasks or questioning directions, unlike their Australian counterparts.
Businesses are not considering that roles need to be redesigned to be part-time and this causes problems in managing employees’ workloads and interacting with other employees.
Flexible working reduces the likelihood that women cut their hours or leave the labour market after childbirth.
Managers have barely got to grips with the challenges posed by Millennials. What are they going to do with Generation Z?
Faced with the reality that romance will kindle at work, here are some things employers and employees can do to manage these situations.
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Our workplaces are becoming less formal. But there were some advantages to the old formality.
If companies are using automated software in hiring, then job applicants should be able to use the same technology.
Finding the feedback balance is hard. Millennials are seeking more feedback while baby boomers tend to want to get on with the job.
Silly labels for well-paid roles just add another layer of elitism.
There are a number of challenges that the World Health Organisation’s new leader, Ethiopian-born Tedros Ghebreyesus, will have to navigate during his tenure.
Breach of a psychological contract in the workplace can irreparably damage relationships and produce a number of undesirable outcomes.
By responding to passenger violence by training staff, airline management fail to address fundamental issues with their low cost profit model.
You know it’s a serious problem when even Google and Paypal have been targeted.
The escalating indifference with which Uber allegedly reacted to a software engineer’s harassment claims is the norm in the corporate world, where enforcing civil rights laws is seen as a tax on profits.
Results from a study of business students show how committed they are when it comes to working for socially responsible companies.
Hot-desking tends to affect different employees differently – it tends to produce winners and losers.
Burnout is a growing problem for the modern workplace. It has an impact on organisational costs, as well as employee health and well-being.
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