We found the prevalence of ageism among younger people is most apparent when participants were asked about succession statements like whether older people should actively make way for the young.
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Men and young people are more likely to be ageist, but few Australians are resolutely ageist in their views, a new survey finds.
Students take part in protests in support of the university pensions strikes.
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A strike around a specific employment issue can easily develop a momentum of its own and become a catalyst for a much wider expression of dissatisfaction.
A teaching assistant helps a child with glue at Redwood Early Learning Center in North Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Even though child care costs more than college tuition in many states, college affordability seems to get more attention. Here’s why that needs to change.
Malcolm Turnbull gave several justifications for his ban on ministers having sexual relationships with their staff.
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Banning relationships is likely to be ineffective and may result in disengagement, secrecy and resentment by employees of the encroachment of employment policies into genuinely private matters.
Millennial women are choosing pets over kids. And they want to bring those pets to work. What can employers do?
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Pets have become a major part of our lives, with many millennials opting for a dog or cat instead of children. What should employers do to accommodate pet owners?
In Australia, wage growth is lagging productivity growth across most sectors of the economy.
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The productivity gains businesses get some automating some jobs, aren’t being passed on to workers in higher wages, evidence shows.
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A new report suggests one in four jobs could be at risk in cities outside the south.
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Can today’s crisis in mental health be seen as the result of neoliberalism, the 2007/08 financial crisis and the austerity policies that followed?
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The digital economy has created millions of jobs that involve intense competition, unregulated working conditions and extremely low rates of pay.
Institutional betrayal can lead to real psychological and physical harm.
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In sexual harassment cases, schools and workplaces often harm those that they claim to protect. These tips can help them avoid those painful mistakes.
Senior journalist Carrie Gracie (right) found she was being paid less than her male colleagues at the BBC.
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Sex discrimination law has limited capacity to address the gender pay gap.
Surgeons in Switzerland use the robot da Vinci to aid a hernia operation. Over a third of US hospitals have at least one surgical robot.
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There are more robots than ever in the operating room – but that’s led to fewer opportunities for surgical trainees. Now, some new doctors are teaching themselves in secret.
Research shows open plan offices work for teams who set rules about their space.
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Rather than being distracting, open plan offices can actually work for certain situations.
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The use of big data at work could promote well-being – but only in very specific conditions.
Burning the candle at both ends.
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Do you check your work email before you go to bed at night and first thing when you wake? How about on holiday? This is the effect of mobile working.
Demand is growing for aged care workers in regional areas and so policymakers should be focused on this rather than manufacturing jobs.
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Growth in high-skilled jobs is highest in Australian cities and for the country its low-skilled jobs.
Young job seekers are more likely to be registered with Centrelink than older job seekers, while those aged 25 and over tended to rely more on social networks and employment agencies when looking for work.
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Young and old job seekers use the same methods to look for work, but young people have the highest unemployment rates.
Computer-based technologies in the workplace are suggested to be causing a reduction in the total amount of work available.
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Despite evidence to the contrary, we still view technological change today as being more rapid and dramatic in its consequences than ever before.
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Worries about the loss of low-skilled labour risk obscuring a genuine flaw in the UK economy at the upper end of the scale.
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A huge majority of humanitarian employees are local to the country of intervention, but their motivations and pressures are often misunderstood.