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Dr Catherine Hakim from the London School of Economics, caused quite a stir recently when she presented a new theory of Erotic Capital in the European Sociological Review. According to Hakim, who is an outspoken critic of feminist theory, the six elements of erotic capital: beauty, sexual attractiveness, social skills, liveliness, presentation, and sexuality, have [...]
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The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched its first pregnancy discrimination case in the Federal Court in Sydney. Facing court is Wongtas Pty Ltd, operator of a commercial printing business in Riverwood, NSW, and its two directors Ding Guo Wang and Xiao Yu Zhang. When a 36-year-old Chinese-born mother of one informed the company last year [...]
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Professional women in their 30s are opting out of full-time work at an alarmingly high rate, says the author of new research released today by the University of Melbourne. Only 38 per cent of Generation X, tertiary qualified women participating in a long-running University of Melbourne study work full-time, compared to 90 per cent of [...]
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Macquarie University’s Women, Management and Work Conference, on 29-30 July 2010, will be a place to canvas solutions to increasing the number of women elected to parliament, appointed to boards and senior management positions and achieving salary equity. Leading women speakers will be discussing equal opportunity in the workplace and strategies to achieve higher levels [...]
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A Western Sydney mother of two has been told by her employer she can no longer work a family-friendly shift which allows her to collect her children from school because it is her job to “manage” her family and not her employers. Skye Chapman has been ordered by her employer Kagan Logistics to change shifts [...]
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The word ‘love’ is not a word most of us associate with ‘work’, as work is about function, purpose and necessity, while love is a blissful emotion associated with immense happiness. But like the personal relationships we have in our lives, our relationship with our job can often present the same challenges and play the [...]
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Hi There, I always enjoy the AWO magazine and feel it offers intelligent articles for intelligent women,and I thank you.On reading the articles on jobs and vacancies I wanted to make this comment… The government in its wisdom has raised the retirement age, I am retired already so it does not affect me. However, I [...]
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The Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) has recognised employers and individuals that are leading by example in creating workplaces that support working women in Australia. The finalists and the eight winners were honoured at a ceremony in Sydney yesterday, attended by the Minister for the Status of Women, Tanya Plibersek. The [...]
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The gender pay gap has reached its highest level since the mid 1990s and the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) is using Equal Pay Day (1 September) to call on Australian businesses to investigate pay inequity in their workplaces. Equal Pay Day illustrates the number of extra days that women have [...]
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The market is changing, many companies are reassessing headcount and as a result we’ve seen mass redundancies in recent months. With redundancy comes opportunity, many professionals will secure new work and will need to learn once again how to shine as the ‘new recruit’. James Nicholson, Managing Director of Robert Walters Australia offers some advice [...]
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