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2095: The Year of Workplace Gender Equality

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 5th November 2014 - Gender parity in the workplace will not be achieved for 81 years at the current rate of progress, according to new figures from the World Economic Forum. According to the Global Gender…

Free Online Tool to Enhance Workplace Cultural Diversity

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 24th September 2014 - The Federal Government has developed a free online tool to help businesses enhance productivity through a culturally diverse workplace. The Workplace Cultural Diversity Tool…

Human Rights Disability Forum Announced

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 15th July 2014 - Human Rights Commissioner Susan Ryan has begun her term as Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner, announcing she will convene a National Disability Forum in September…

EXECUTIVE INSIGHT: Homewares and an Ambitious Sustainability Agenda

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 12th March 2014 - From soft toy drives to programs lighting refugee tents, today’s corporate sustainability programs have it all. Pro Bono Australia’s CSR journalist, Nadia Boyce,…

Better Workplaces Mean Less Suicides

Staff Reporter, Monday, 24th February 2014 - The workplace plays a vital role in creating a suicide safe community, according to a new position statement released by Suicide Prevention Australia (SPA). The Statement calls…

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New Approach to Improving Staff Performance

Staff Reporter, Friday, 20th December 2013 - Help staff to be proud of their job and more committed to their workplace by improving employee engagement, writes consultant Ruth Knight. If employees are unhappy, careless, lethargic,…

Jobs Trends Show Promising Year Ahead

Staff Reporter, Monday, 16th December 2013 - Pro Bono Australia’s Jobs Board has experienced significant growth in the past year – doubling its website traffic and attracting 9000 new subscribers to its weekly…

Research Looks at Health in the Workplace

Staff Reporter, Monday, 12th August 2013 - University of Melbourne researchers are working with employers, employees, unions and advocacy groups to promote positive mental health and suicide prevention in the workplace.…

Providing Help for Sexual or Domestic Violence Victims

Staff Reporter, Monday, 5th August 2013 - A national sexual assault and domestic violence counselling service has created a website to ensure all workplaces are aware of colleagues or employees who might be victims. The…

NFPs Need to Look at Workplace Diversity

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 1st August 2013 - It’s claimed the Not for Profit sector could learn a lot about making changes to workplace diversity following the results of a new survey carried out by the Diversity Council…

Guide Promotes Wellbeing at Work

Staff Reporter, Monday, 29th July 2013 - A new guide created to promote mental health and wellbeing in the workplace has been launched across the public service sector. The guide, Working together: Promoting mental health…

Alcohol and Drugs Costing Workplaces Billions

Staff Reporter, Monday, 15th July 2013 - Alcohol and drug use is costing Australian businesses $5.2 billion a year in hidden lost productivity and absenteeism, according to a report prepared for the Australian Drug Foundation.…

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