Is sheer exhaustion affecting your performance and health? According to Australia’s Business Insider, Australia ranks as the second most workaholic country in the world. Statistics in the report indicate that Australians work nearly 1690 hours each year with only 47% taking all their annual leave holidays. Working too much, staying back for excess overtime and always eating lunch at your desk are usually precursors to experiencing fatigue. While it’s
Every business has a code encouraging employees to exercise their judgement in favour of the organisation’s interests. A conflict of interest occurs when an employee performs an action or takes a decision that instead favours his or her own personal interests. These conflicts can be intentional, yet may also occur due to unintentional biases that impact decision-making. Employers and managers should be well aware of these situations as they by
Discrimination is the act of treating another individual unfavourably on the basis of personal characteristics such as gender, age, ethnicity, race, physical appearance, disability, religion, colour or sexual orientation and so on. Fortunately, society has come a long way from the days when it was common to treat someone with disdain and condescension just because they were different from you. Australia prides itself on being a nation that is becoming
