This post has also been featured on the Women Lawyers Network Association of NSW website In most countries where policy and strategy on diversity and inclusion in the sphere of employment is common practice it has been accompanied for some time by the implementation of some form of supplier diversity. In the United States, the first Federal …
We can’t escape Sandberg’s message: “Women need to break the stereotypes that keep them from excelling. They need to take a seat at the table. They need to quit leaving mentally before they’ve really left.” “While women continue to outpace men in educational achievement, we have ceased making real progress at the top of any …
Aussie employees are grudgingly hauling themselves to work and are apathetic and disengaged. A recent global survey published in 2012 by Gallup indicates that Aussie workers are among the most dissatisfied in the world, with only 21 per cent engaged in their work. The survey, a poll of 47,000 people in more than a hundred …
Despite high-profile reports about gender gaps, equal pay, and women on boards, once again the needle barely budged for women aspiring to top business leadership in Australia according to the 2012 Australian Census of Women in Leadership. The latest census data on women in leadership reveals an improvement in the number of female board directors …
Prospective dads and partners can now apply for paid time off work when their new baby is born. Eligible fathers are entitled to two weeks paid leave under the federal governments Dad and Partner Pay scheme, as of 1 January 2013. The leave itself is not a new entitlement, but the payment is. Under the …
Ostensible differences between male and female abilities – from reading maps to multitasking, from verbal skills to expressing emotion – are claimed to be based on variations in the hard-wiring of brains at birth. This belief has become widespread, particularly in the wake of publications like Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. Whatever …
The fundamental shift in global economic and strategic influence from west to east, means that the ability of executives to impact across cultural boundaries and lead and work within multicultural teams is becoming critical to business success. The Australia in the Asian Century White Paper, released on Sunday 31 October, thus calls for greater engagement …
On 19th September, Symmetra’s CEO Heather Price, was a guest speaker at a breakfast seminar in Auckland, hosted by the Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) Trust and the Auckland Chamber of Commerce. The EEO Trust is a not-for-profit organisation designed to provide EEO information and tools to employers and raise awareness of diversity issues in the workplace in …
Can unconscious bias be inferred when taking into account the subjective intention of an employer, (what the employer really thought), when she or he acts against an employee? The recent High Court’s (HCA) decision on The Board of Bendigo Regional Institute of Technical and Further Education v Barclay [2012] (Barclay) focused on whether the law …
On 20 September 2011 we had a fantastic party to officially celebrate the changing of our name and the launch of our new brand, Symmetra! The event was attended by about 100 of our colleagues, clients and suppliers. They enjoyed a pleasant evening on Jones Bay Wharf, where there was music, drinks and canapes on …