http://hreocblog.com/2007/12/04/academic-innovation-and-collaboration-a-keythank-you-salisbury-and-south-australians30-november-2007/ blog.humanrights.gov.au Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://hreocblog.com/2007/12/04/academic-innovation-and-collaboration-a-keythank-you-salisbury-and-south-australians30-november-2007/#comment-71 Catriona Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:41:30 +0000 http://hreocblog.com/2007/12/04/academic-innovation-and-collaboration-a-keythank-you-salisbury-and-south-australians30-november-2007/#comment-71 I was honoured to be involved in the SA listening tour. These themes are multi-layered and there is no silver bullet. It is interesting to see the research about 'flexibility' - and not just for carers. People from all demographics want to be able to work flexibly for valid reasons. With the decline in labour market growth, employers will find it necessary to create flexible roles - not just full time jobs squashed into three days. Our job board www.adage.com.au is pushing this agenda in the commercial world. As yet, I don't think employers are feeling the pain enough to revolutionise job design. The time will come. And those employers that are ahead of the game will benefit from securing employees and contractors in flexible roles. I was honoured to be involved in the SA listening tour. These themes are multi-layered and there is no silver bullet. It is interesting to see the research about ‘flexibility’ - and not just for carers. People from all demographics want to be able to work flexibly for valid reasons. With the decline in labour market growth, employers will find it necessary to create flexible roles - not just full time jobs squashed into three days. Our job board www.adage.com.au is pushing this agenda in the commercial world. As yet, I don’t think employers are feeling the pain enough to revolutionise job design. The time will come. And those employers that are ahead of the game will benefit from securing employees and contractors in flexible roles.

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