Pay secrecy is now banned thanks to the recent passing of the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill reform package, which makes amends to the Fair Work Act. Passed on December 2, 2022. This bill aims to improve job security and close the gender pay gap.
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When Brands F-Up…do You Stay Loyal?
Recently, 3.6 million people watched a USA influencer cut up her $1,500 Balenciaga bag in protest of the brand’s latest misdeeds. If you’re unfamiliar with the latest scandal, Spanish luxury fashion brand Balenciaga released digital ads that showed young children holding plush bears in bondage…
Digital Salary Survey and Guide
Ahh 2022, the year of the Optus & Medibank data breach, flexible/ hybrid work culture becoming the new norm, salaries going up-up-up and Elon Musk buying a new billion-dollar toy! We wanted to check in with our superstar digital talents that are currently working...
Surviving Workplace Burnout When You Can’t Quit
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused many of us to pause, reevaluate and think about what we REALLY for our future. We have noticed a shift & many employees that suffer from burnout from the five-day working week have adopted a digital nomad lifestyle, moved across...
The Importance of Paid Parental Leave
It’s a hot topic in Australian workplaces right now. How many weeks are new parents entitled to when we talk about paid parental leave? Take a guess…12, 16, 25? Unless you are a parent of young children, work in HR, or are familiar with workplace laws, you probably...
Paid Parental Leave: The new currency of 2022/23?
Last week, I felt that I needed some answers from the public. Over a short period of time, several of my senior-level female talents declined job offers that I had put to them & decided to stay in their current jobs due to counter offers from their current...
RUOK? Day
Today marks the 12th RU OK? Day. The organisation was started by Gavin Larkin, who lost his dad to suicide in 1995. In 2010, Gavin decided to share his story in hopes that he’d protect other families from the pain he endured. Sadly, Gavin died from cancer a year...
The Gender Pay Gap
It’s 2022, and more women are in the workforce than ever before. According to the Australian Bureau of Stats (ABS), women made up nearly half of the workforce in 2020, compared to around 30% in 1966. Women have made so much progress in the workforce, however there is...
The Importance of Looking After Your Mental Health
According to the Centre for Strategic Communication Excellence (CSCE) So how do you really feel? Global wellbeing study, 48% of Communications and PR employees have thought of quitting due to their mental health. That’s nearly one out of two people! The pandemic has...
Remote and Hybrid Work Strategies to Increase Staff Retention
The pandemic has shifted the way we work, think about work, and socialise. Now that restrictions have eased, employees have returned to the office with a different mindset. Gone are the days when employees commute Monday through Friday and spend the day either at...
PR Salary & Culture Guide 2022
The Iceberg PR Salary & Culture Guide data was collected anonymously over a three-month period to gather insight as to how people feel about their salaries, promotion opportunities and recognition, and the value placed on non-monetary benefits such as working from...
Is the future a four-day workweek?
What if you woke up on a Friday morning, only to realise that you no longer worked on Fridays? Would you feel excited, indifferent, or exhausted? How would you spend your day? What areas of your life do you think it would improve? Let’s face it, the pandemic has...