Sue Williamson

Eighty APS managers and supervisors who oversee employees working hybridly were interviewed; their responses provided invaluable insight.

The stereotypical ideal worker is a man who works long hours and has a ‘wife’ to do domestic duties. Research reveals that norm is changing.

The government’s approach to APS bargaining is an ideological shift that has influenced the form, content, and outcomes of bargaining.

The removal of the flexible work cap is a powerful message to recalcitrant agencies that are not permitting work from home.

Developments in employment law could progress gender equality but it’s time to look towards the next tranche of innovations and reforms.

Tracking the numbers of women in STEMM areas is key to assessing the APS’s progress in rectifying the gendered digital divide.

Australia’s public sector is female-dominated, yet parity in the most senior leadership cohort is elusive. Two barriers are prominent.

It’s time for policymakers, unions and human resource practitioners to craft regulation that is fit for purpose as employees work hybridly.

The old stereotype that feminists are angry is being realised at the moment. Will women ever be happy? Well, no, not with the current state of gender equality in Australia.

Managers and employees perceive WFH productivity differently; further, managers’ perceptions have changed over the past two years.

While there is much work to be done with APS gender equality, this strategy sets a robust roadmap on how to achieve this laudable, and essential, aim.

An enormous amount of practitioner research has emerged over the past 18 months on remote working and the future of work.

In the wake of the pandemic, creative options to regulate flexible working are being developed, and the public sector has an opportunity to be at the forefront of new developments.

Amidst all the fanfare accompanying the release of the Australian government’s response to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Respect@Work report, one important aspect has been overlooked. The government’s response contains some good initiatives, including that the Sex Discrimination Act will be amended to cover politicians, judges and public servants. Sexual harassment will also be expressly […]