More Pressure on Workers

Checkside’s Managing Director, Chris Bates was quoted recently in The West Australian in an article outlining some of the key trends developing in the employment market.

See the following link to read the article: More Pressure on Workers.

We’re interested to hear your thoughts. Do you agree with Chris’ comments? Have recent stock market volatility and uncertainty over foreign markets made you cautious and cooled your demand for new employees?

6 Ways to Make Your Workplace More Flexible and Less Stressful

By Jevita Derby

Australia, once known as the land of the long weekend, is gradually becoming the land of long work week.

Work intensification and the ever increasing pace at which we live our lives are contributing to a culture where employees work long hours, don’t utilise their annual leave entitlement and skip lunch breaks.

OECD reports that Australians work the longest week of any developed country, an average of 44 hours, whilst new research shows that up to a third of employees don’t take a lunch break and instead eat at their desks.