As an accountant and a virtual CFO, I work with a lot of small business owners and one of the most common mistakes they are often guilty of is micromanaging their team and working ‘in’ the business rather than ‘on’ the business.
Movember is shown to be an important initiative with a recent survey of 300 male and female senior executives and business leaders showing a need for greater investment into depression and mental health services for men in Australian workplaces.
Ever worked with a person who has drained you of energy, turned your work days into a series of battles, or made you feel powerless or helpless? It’s very likely you were the target of a master manipulator.
Australia’s business women don’t want gender quotas aimed at ensuring gender equality in the workplace, rather the overwhelming majority believe the mentoring of young women is the best way to achieve equality in Australian businesses.
Although employers in all states and territories have OHS obligations to prevent workplace bullying, employers in New South Wales and Queensland face stricter OHS obligations than the other states and territories.
Renowned presenter, Gavan Podbury, is bringing his successful, life-changing seminars on how to work with difficult colleagues and make the most of all working relationships, to Sydney in November 2010.
Employees in Ballarat have through the Fair Work Ombudsman been back-paid over $53,000 after an FWO ombudsman investigation found they had been underpaid.
A Melbourne man who will need to have his foot amputated following a workplace accident was awarded $1.26 million in compensation for his pain and suffering and loss of employment in the Supreme Court of Victoria last week.
While the pay gap continues to grow between men and women, the number of women appointed to ASX 200 boards is growing, with female directors of Australia’s top listed companies now close to 10 percent.
Gender equality in the workplace is even further off in 2010 than in 2009, with the wage gap widening over the last 12 months and a new study showing Australians are largely pessimistic about women ever receiving equal pay.
