Hybrid working in the APS: From productivity to performance to outcomes Editors' Picks Eighty APS managers and supervisors who oversee employees working hybridly were interviewed; their responses provided invaluable insight.
APS work-from-home connectivity flares in FWC unfair dismissal decision March 25, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski Careers When their network fails, should you pay? Contractors are disputing not being paid for downtime that is beyond their control.
New ATO pay deal approved swiftly by Fair Work Commission March 22, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski Career Matters Extra money is to flow before Easter with the new APS workplace conditions and entitlements taking effect from March 28.
More ‘intermittent water issues’ force ATO to send home Box Hill office staff, again March 13, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski Economy & Industry The problematic ATO Box Hill bathroom pipes supposedly fixed by a plumber last Thursday have again refused to flow.
ATO Box Hill office plunged into crisis mode amid more toilet troubles March 8, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski Culture No relief from controversy for the federal government’s most famous ATO facilities, as Tax workers are sent to the shopping centre.
Tax office employees vote in favour of pay deal February 27, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski Australian Capital Territory The ATO said 76.87% of eligible employees voted in favour of the wage offer – the lowest support so far across the APS.
Dispute over new ATO flexible work rules referred to Fair Work Commission February 19, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social Tensions flare in the countdown to voting. Allegedly misleading WFH refusal clauses have been called out, but the ATO says it’s playing fair.
Fresh dispute on ATO flexible work as new enterprise agreement drops February 13, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social Sweating the detail on flexible work? There’s a form for that… The union representing taxation officers wants a clean set of numbers.
Premium Columnists Trust, integrity and a hybrid APS workforce December 15, 2023 By Helena Cain Editors' Picks It’s APS middle managers who are expected to help their teams understand what work-from-home means on a daily basis. It’s tricky business.
What does working from home mean for harmful worker stereotypes? November 2, 2023 By Sue Williamson, Helen Taylor and Vindhya Weeratunga Culture 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.
Agencies should not mandate blanket days in the office, Riordan says September 20, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Economy & Industry Chief negotiator Peter Riordan says agencies must articulate reasonable business grounds to make a public servant work from the office.
Counter-robodebt measures added into new APS award July 25, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Editors' Picks There is furious agreement how not to screw up next time, and that means giving agency to workers in non-executive roles.
Public service bosses reject four-day week, insert post-robodebt powers in bargaining July 24, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Careers It appears ‘flexibility’ has its limits, with the APSC rejecting calls for a four-day working week in the public service.
Public service chiefs concede to flexible work as a right in wage talks with CPSU July 11, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social An agreement with the CPSU and APSC has been struck enabling all APS to ask for flexible work as a right — soon.
APS chiefs ordered to scrap work-from-home caps as bargaining intensifies May 1, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Federal Public servants will be offered an uncapped flexible work entitlement as a base condition under the current round of industrial bargaining.