Workplace & Space Planning

50+ min ago   (428+ words) Workplaces can become complicated when a boss’s family member is also an employee. In this story, an employee went to a customer’s house to do an on-site job. His coworker, who is his boss’s son, came to the site, too....

36+ min ago   (344+ words) The Employers and Industrialists Federation (Oev) has called for proportionate, risk-based workplace safety requirements for the retail sector, arguing that measures should reflect the size and needs of individual businesses rather than impose uniform solutions. The federation outlined its position…...

1+ day, 7+ min ago   (504+ words) Another working week has arrived, bringing with it the chance to shine or commence career decline. The latter is the sort of thing The Register often writes about each Monday in "Who, Me?" – our reader-contributed column that shares your stories…...

2+ hour, 46+ min ago   (296+ words) Chris Bradley, one of a handful of directors at the McKinsey Global Institute, its high-profile business and economic research unit, was removed from that role, the consulting firm said in a statement Sunday. He remains a senior partner at the…...

3+ hour, 11+ min ago   (371+ words) At SSBCrack News, our dedicated editorial team brings you the latest and most reliable updates on Defence, Geopolitics, Military Affairs, Science, and Technology. Driven by a passion for national security and strategic awareness, the SSBCrack News Desk delivers fact-checked, timely,…...

1+ hour, 37+ min ago   (564+ words) Well-being is becoming an increasingly important part of the workplace, and some leaders are working to operationalize the well-being data it generates. Image: REUTERS/Nadja Wohlleben The bigger challenge – and opportunity – for C-suite leaders is turning workforce data into insights…...

1+ hour, 49+ min ago   (321+ words) Employees who can’t spare a square are stealing toilet paper from their workplaces as the office becomes the new the cost-of-living “battleground.” Some employers are seeing “unusual” changes in workplace behaviour with toilet rolls, tissues, and cleaning products disappearing as…...

2+ hour, 8+ min ago   (380+ words) Sammeer Pakvasa, Managing Director and CEO, Eleganz Interiors 1. The workplace has undergone a fundamental transformation in the last decade. What do you believe has changed most significantly about what a workplace is expected to do for a business? 2. Eleganz has…...

4+ hour, 24+ min ago   (648+ words) Pay satisfaction has dropped across the Australian public service, early staff census results show as federal bureaucrats wait to finally hear the Albanese government's pay offer. Just 61 per cent of public servants felt they were being fairly remunerated for the…...

3+ hour, 2+ min ago   (823+ words) There are some rules tech support really shouldn’t bend, no matter how frustrated the customer gets. One technician ran into that when a woman came in asking for help getting past the password on an old computer. He told her…...