The Australia Institute (TAI), an independent public policy think tank, has published a report entitled Walking the tightrope which considers the question: Have Australians achieved work/life balance? TAI’s research reveals the answer to this question is a definitive ‘no’. Australian employees work approximately 58.8 million hours of unpaid overtime per year, equating to
Flexible working – achieving a work life balance
This article was written by Amelia Berman, an associate at Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa, Sandton
Flexible working, or flexi-time, is the concept of adjusting the working hours of an employee so that he or she no longer has to render services during the employer’s core business hours but rather where he or she chooses
A duvet day keeps the doctor away
This article was written by Amelia Berman, an associate at Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa
While countries in the northern hemisphere are currently enjoying their long summer holidays, we South Africans are facing a cold (and unusually wet) winter wishing that we could borrow a practice from the United Kingdom and the United States and