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Less driving, more commuting could be on the cards for workers around the country.

WFH, four-day workweeks: What the war in Iran could mean for your job

Australian workers fortunately haven’t felt much pain yet, but if the war rages on, some of these measures will eventually arrive here.

  • Tim Duggan

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“Lunch at your desk” culture have become increasingly common, writes Dr Kirstin Ferguson.

Office lunchrooms have disappeared. Am I expected to eat at my desk?

While lunch used to be a clear pause in the day, the lines are now blurred, writes Dr Kirstin Ferguson.

  • Kirstin Ferguson
Young worker Jacob Jackson is one of many who are about to benefit from more regular super payments.

Your super is about to grow even faster – and you don’t have to do a thing

It’s been dubbed one of the most positive reforms for working Australians in decades, but 80 per cent of workers have no idea it’s happening.

  • Nina Hendy
Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) President, Professor Jennifer Martin (left), with RACP president-elect Dr Sharmila Chandran in 2024.

Major medical body asks charity watchdog to take over and end dysfunction

The extraordinary intervention came just hours before members were due to begin voting on whether to oust the body’s sitting president. 

  • Angus Thomson
Our workplaces are already demanding new skills - and new language to talk about them with.

Why it’s time we stopped talking about ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ skills

Both of these terms were created in the old world of work, and we’re on the precipice of a new one filled with more unknowns than ever.

  • Tim Duggan
Team driver is not something you should feel pressured to continue, writes Dr Kirstin Ferguson.

I’m stuck driving my colleague to and from work every day. How do I stop?

You don’t need to justify your need for quiet time, writes Dr Kirstin Ferguson.

  • Kirstin Ferguson
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Atlassian says it had right to fire engineer for suggesting billionaire CEO was a ‘rich jerk’

The dispute started during an “Ask Me Anything” video call with employees that included chief executive officer Mike Cannon-Brookes.

  • Josh Eidelson
A drunken consensus at a reunion is not an objective measure of a life, a career or a person, writes Dr Kirstin Ferguson.

Why can’t I get over my former colleagues calling me ‘forgettable’?

Our brains are wired to prioritise bad things over good, writes Dr Kirstin Ferguson.

  • Kirstin Ferguson
Women being expected to put their careers on hold for their partners is more common than it should be.

My boss told me to ‘put my career on hold’ for my husband. How do I get what I really want?

Ahead of International Women’s Day, Kirstin Ferguson answers readers questions about wage theft, ageing and discrimination as a woman in the workplace.

  • Kirstin Ferguson
ACTU secretary Sally McManus says increasing annual leave will help make up for decades of shortfalls in real wage growth.

Unions demand Albanese hand every worker 25 per cent more holidays

An extra week of paid annual leave to compensate for unpaid overtime would be the first increase to the entitlement since the 1970s.

  • Millie Muroi