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2024 Workplace Culture Trends: What the best employers will do to care for…

More bosses want their teams back ‘in the office’ and are expected to further crackdown on return-to-work mandates in 2024, despite compelling remains one of the most important levers to attract and retain talent, boost engagement, productivity and wellbeing, That’s according to several , highlighting how this office return will shape workplace trends in 2024. But employers pulling back on remote working options is just one of the battlegrounds set to reshape workplace culture this year in Australia. Other defining factors will stem from how employers respond to pay transparency, with the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA)…

World’s first trillionaire could be just 10 years away, Oxfam says

| The Associated Press The world could have its first trillionaire within a decade, anti-poverty organization Oxfam International said Monday in its annual assessment of global inequalities timed to the gathering of political and business elites at the Swiss ski resort of Davos. Oxfam, which for years has been trying to highlight the growing disparities between the super-rich and the bulk of the global population during the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting, reckons the gap has been “supercharged” since the coronavirus pandemic. The group said the fortunes of the five richest men — Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Bernard Arnault and his…

World’s first trillionaire could be just 10 years away, Oxfam says

| The Associated Press The world could have its first trillionaire within a decade, anti-poverty organization Oxfam International said Monday in its annual assessment of global inequalities timed to the gathering of political and business elites at the Swiss ski resort of Davos. Oxfam, which for years has been trying to highlight the growing disparities between the super-rich and the bulk of the global population during the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting, reckons the gap has been “supercharged” since the coronavirus pandemic. The group said the fortunes of the five richest men — Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Bernard Arnault and his…

Kazakhstan Looks to Close Water-Management Deal with China

Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Water Resources is engaging in negotiations with China over water usage of the region’s increasingly stressed rivers. Astana has established a 20-member working group to haggle with Chinese officials over a water-distribution framework covering approximately 20 cross-border rivers, including the Irtysh and Ili. According to a ministry statement , the two states have already agreed on a number of points as of late December. A ministry representative, Nurzhan Nurzhigitov, indicated that a water-sharing mechanism covering the Khorgos River could serve as a model for similar arrangements on other waterways. if…

Rental crisis: Victorian tenants continue to live in ‘disaster zone’ homes

Rhiannon Caspersz and her children continue to struggle to find their own home. Tenants are being forced to live in dilapidated homes or move in with family and friends just to keep a roof over their heads after a tumultuous year in Melbourne’s rental market. In November, National Shelter and SGS Economics and Planning’s Rental Affordability Index showed low income earners like pensioners and single, part-time working parents on benefits had been priced out of the city’s rental market. RELATED: Six months on, where are these Victorian tenants now? First Home Owners Grant called to be axed by Vic inquiry National Shelter chief…