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Words of advice for the new ABC boss: Leave your door open and ignore the monkeys
Certainly, the ABC needs new leadership, but did it have to be someone with as much baggage as Hugh Marks?
- by Jenna Price
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Workplace culture
Drunkenness, abuse and ‘death threats’: Inside the downfall of Comedor restaurant
Staff at the trendy Newtown diner claimed they weren’t paid properly and had to deal with the drunken antics of owner Walter Shellshear. He denies the claims.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Bianca Hrovat
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Industrial relations
Striking Woolies workers ordered to stop blocking access to warehouses
Woolworths can get some workers back into its distribution centres after a Fair Work Commission ruling, but it will take time to refill shelves stripped bare during the two-week strike.
- by Sarah Danckert
Opinion
Work therapy
What can I do about my colleague’s awful Kris Kringle gift?
The gift was so bad, in fact, that I suspect your initial suspicion is dead right and someone in your team has misunderstood the nature of the game.
- by Jonathan Rivett
Opinion
Work/life balance
The year is almost over. Here’s how to properly switch off
Burnout manifests itself in three ways: occupational exhaustion, depersonalisation, and a decrease in feelings of personal accomplishment. Sound familiar?
- by Tim Duggan
Opinion
Supermarkets
Angry workers, empty shelves put Woolworths in a bind
The supermarket giant needs to resolve the industrial dispute at distribution centres before customers start turning on the brand.
- by Elizabeth Knight
‘The job cuts are a mirage’: HSU accuses Diana Asmar of revenge redundancies
The Health Services Union has urged a court to restrain its Victorian secretary from making any more redundancies at the union amid allegations she is meting out punishment to “traitors”.
- by Sarah Danckert
What’s behind the empty shelves at Woolworths?
The company and its workers are in a stand-off, shoppers are experiencing stock shortages and it’s unclear when the situation will improve.
- by Hannah Hammoud
Opinion
Workplace culture
Hate your boss but can’t quit? Here are eight things to do instead
Far too often the advice – if you dread going to work – is simply to quit, but for many this is impossible. There is another way forward.
- by Colin D Ellis
Analysis
Workplace culture
How your work WhatsApp group could get you sacked
WhatsApp is increasingly being used as evidence in employment tribunals overseas, fuelling warnings to avoid using the social media app at work.
- by Samuel Montgomery
Opinion
Careers
Forget big, bold new year goals. Instead, just do your best
Recent studies have shown setting specific goals is less effective than just trying your best.
- by Jim Bright