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A man finds shade in London. The British Met Office says temperatures won’t peak until next week.

How bosses are catching out work-from-home fakers

Since the pandemic upended how we work, there has been a steep increase in playing virtual workplace hooky.

  • Dan Cave

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The United Nations have raised concerns of risk of slavery on Australian farms in a new report.

No health cover, no home, no money: The women forced to choose between their visa or their baby

A United Nations expert has criticised Australia’s patchwork laws protecting people from slavery, warning of “severe patterns of exploitation”.

  • Tania Ewing and Amber Schultz
AI tools have made it easier to apply for jobs at scale.

Think AI can write your job application now? Think again

Job applications written by AI have flooded the market with generic CVs, making it harder for employers to identify the right talent for the job.

  • Nina Hendy

From fatigue and fear to quiet beauty: The secret lives of night-shift workers

Our 24-hour economy is boosting the ranks of night-shift workers, turning sleep cycles and social lives upside down. But for some, there is light amid the darkness.

  • Jenna Price

The August 23 Edition

The secret lives of night-shift workers | An emptying nest: one father’s shock | The old T-shirts now worth a fortune | How one couple tested their love

ANU’s Julie Bishop and Genevieve Bell with their controversial shoes

Bullying claims, expensive shoes and a $186,000 trip: Inside the scandal enveloping Julie Bishop and ANU

With the university in financial crisis, staff and students are in open revolt, rebelling against the leadership team of Julie Bishop and vice chancellor Genevieve Bell.

  • Jordan Baker
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Go west is The Age’s special series on Melbourne’s western suburbs.

Go west

In this special series, The Age focuses on Melbourne’s western suburbs to see how life could improve in Australia’s fastest-growing region.

Commonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn.

Bring back the humans: CBA’s embarrassing AI jobs bungle a salutary lesson 

It is clearly a bad look for the bank that talked up embracing the new technology to so publicly mishandle this particular aspect of its implementation.

  • Elizabeth Knight
NAB revealed the latest underpayment problems as it announced it made almost $1.8 billion in the June quarter.

NAB flags $130m hit from ‘payroll issues’, including wage underpayments

The banking giant apologised to staff and said it had launched a broader review into payroll-related benefits.

  • Clancy Yeates
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Great at their job, terrible people. What to do?

These workers lurk in all levels of an organisation.

  • Tim Duggan