BP was one of the first companies to be awarded the Flex Able Certification back in 2014. Flexible working has been embedded within BP for many years and they are now tweaking their processes for excellence rather than starting from scratch. For example, Lisa and...
Three mottos for the millennial professional to live by
I’m a girl known to have a motto for every occasion. Some of my friends can pre-empt these before I even get to mention them these days; needless to say, they’ve given me a foundation to forge ahead in the professional world. The mottos have given me the resilience to...
What is the new Child Care Subsidy and how will it affect you?
If you currently have children in long day care, family day care or any before or after school care then the changes to Child Care payments will affect you.The Child Care Benefit and Child Care Rebate will disappear and be replaced with one Child Care Subsidy. The...
What Women Want in the Workplace
In recent years there has been a significant amount of research delving into what women want from the organizations in which they work. For many of you, the findings from numerous studies into what women want in the workplace may not come as a surprise, but the truth...
HSBC: Where flexible working and gender equality go hand in hand
When I performed the Flex Able Certification audit with HSBC Australia, three key initiatives jumped out to me immediately as tangible proof of a genuine desire to have a workforce that reflects the diversity of the bank’s client base: An advocate for pay equity, HSBC...
AustralianSuper finds 94% of staff balances family and work successfully
When AustralianSuper asked their employees in a recent survey if their flexible work arrangements allowed them to balance their work and home life, 94% of their team said ‘Yes’. This is a 5% increase on last year and puts AustralianSuper 14% higher than average. This...
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