2009-07-01
Boston Globe
Harvard program targets diversity at highest levels
Minority executives find support and direction from faculty and one...
2009-07-01
The Australian
Barack Obama to fulfil gay reform pledge
BARACK Obama has reaffirmed in strong terms his pledge to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy in the US armed forces that sees many gay military personnel forced...
2009-06-30
Sydney Star Observer
Historic reforms for same-sex couples
BY BEN KEATS This month will see a new era of equality before the law for Australias LGBT community. For the first time in Australian history, the federal Government has removed discrimination against same-sex couples across a myriad of pieces of federal...
2009-06-30
Geelong Advertiser
Young workers tell Geelong Advertiser survey of horror work conditions
GEELONG'S young workers have poured their hearts out in an online survey about their horrific working...
2009-06-30
The Australian
Cuddle count eases angst of working mums
WORKING mothers can shed some of their "mother guilt", after a new study found their babies received just as much time being nurtured as the babies of stay-at-home...
2009-06-30
Heraldsun.com.au
No school holiday for these miracle mums
HAVE you heard of the new TV show called Desperate Househusbands? It's about a bunch of horny, privileged men who spend their days worrying about who bakes the best cupcakes, why their teen is in therapy and whether their kids resent their...
2009-06-29
The Sydney Morning Herald
Maternity leave - or reprieve?
June 29, 2009 Back to real life ... how soon is too soon to return to work after childbirth? In Manhattan, motherhood is seen as a disruption to a woman's real life - leaving Australian expat Julia Baird wondering if something has been...
2009-06-29
Computer World Australia
Cisco sends employees home to workCisco puts its own virtual office technology to work and garners $277 million in productivity savings, internal survey finds
Cisco has revealed it garnered more than US$277 million in productivity savings by letting employees work from home using the company's own virtual office...
2009-06-28
News.com.au
The bullying boss is back in Australian workplaces
THE domineering bosses of the 1950s have reappeared in Australian workplaces because of recession pressures. Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick says bosses are taking a tougher line on working women, flexible hours and working from home as the financial crisis...
2009-06-27
The Courier-Mail
Worker fear of redundancy making them less productive
FEAR of redundancy is driving the Queensland job market, creating workplace stress that is hard for workers to bear, a survey has...