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Westpac Wardrobe Gets a Corporate Hijab

Wendy Williams, Monday, 5th September 2016 -  A corporate hijab is being designed for employees at Westpac Bank as part of a push to ensure diversity and ­inclusiveness in the workplace.

NFPs ‘Delighted’ With $15M Funding For Asylum Seeker Training

Wendy Williams, Monday, 5th September 2016 -  Not for Profits have welcomed the Victorian Government’s announcement to give asylum seekers “a fair go” with $15 million in funding allocated for training opportunities.

Father’s Day Sparks Calls for Flexible Work for Working Dads

Wendy Williams, Friday, 2nd September 2016 -  Diversity Council Australia is calling on Australian businesses to make flexible work standard business practice for working dads.

National Skills Week Puts VET in the Spotlight as CEDA Calls for Review of the Sector

Wendy Williams, Monday, 29th August 2016 -  Scandals in the VET sector have done “significant reputational damage” and it is now vital that the sector is supported to rebuild, according to a new report.

Voice Your Choice Video Empowers Support Workers

Wendy Williams, Monday, 29th August 2016 -  Support workers for young people with disability have been given a “breakthrough” tool to help transition their practice to suit the new NDIS system and empower those in out-of-home care or preparing to leave care.

Is Your Employer Watching You? Online Profiling Blurs the Boundary of Our Public and Private Lives

Staff Reporter, Monday, 29th August 2016 -  Online profiling is a growing trend among organisations, but the practice is not without controversy writes QUT’s Business and Management senior lecturer Peter O'Connor and professor of Work and Organisation Paula McDonald, in this article which fi

Triggs to Act As Indigenous Social Justice Commissioner

Lina Caneva, Monday, 22nd August 2016 -  Australian Human Rights Commission president Professor Gillian Triggs has been appointed as the acting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissioner for three months while a selection process is undertaken to replace former commis

New Risks for Disability Care Workers Under the NDIS

Fiona Macdonald, Monday, 22nd August 2016 -  The NDIS poses a major disruption to the labour market and to the nature of direct support and care jobs, writes Fiona Macdonald, senior research fellow in Work and Employment Relations, RMIT University, in this article which first appeared in The Co

Women Living in Poverty Celebrated as Entrepreneurs

Wendy Williams, Monday, 22nd August 2016 -  The entrepreneurship of hundreds of thousands of women living in poverty has been celebrated as part of World Entrepreneurs’ Day.

Changemaker

Making Charity Cool

Wendy Williams, Monday, 22nd August 2016 -  Stephanie Lorenzo was just 22 when she founded PROJECT FUTURES, a Sydney-based Not for Profit with a mission to end human trafficking and slavery by empowering individuals to take action in their communities. Lorenzo is this week’s Changemaker.
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