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University of Sydney staff to strike over AI concerns

University of Sydney staff to strike over AI concerns

Dispute centres on pay, job security, and AI-related concerns

Doing the work got automated. Talking about it didn't

Managers are doing less of the work and more of the talking, and few feel ready for it

Doing the work got automated. Talking about it didn't

After-party blow costs worker his job as Fair Work backs employer

The bar was a 200-metre walk from the office - and that proximity shaped the ruling

After-party blow costs worker his job as Fair Work backs employer

Salon fires worker for ‘abandonment’ while on sick leave, loses case

He’d handed over a medical certificate - the salon emailed a dormant address instead

Salon fires worker for ‘abandonment’ while on sick leave, loses case

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Why HR keeps ending up back at the drawing board

Why HR keeps ending up back at the drawing board

HR and IT treat integration as tech work, leaving a costly gap in ownership and governance

Transformation

AI is quietly killing the job that made you a leader

AI is quietly killing the job that made you a leader

Legal and workforce researchers warn that employers are eroding the leadership pipeline as AI reshapes early-career roles

Bill Gates calls for human-reserved jobs as AI reshapes work

Bill Gates calls for human-reserved jobs as AI reshapes work

The Microsoft co-founder’s 6,000-word essay proposes taxing AI systems and protecting certain roles from automation

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From Skill to Strategy: Embedding Storytelling at Scale

From Skill to Strategy: Embedding Storytelling at Scale

By moving beyond metrics, one organisation discovered the stories that truly drive customer behaviour

Employment Law

Court penalises accounting firm $148,000 after ‘cashback’ wage scheme

The worker paid money back to the firm - then got pay slips ruled false or misleading

Childcare pay rise is settled, but payroll compliance risk isn't

New data shows 18 per cent of Australian employers found a payroll error last year as the Children's Services Award reshapes pay rules

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