by Candice Lewis | Apr 5, 2023 | Interchange Bench
This is how we used to speak about our salaries, especially if you had a pay secrecy clause written into your contract. Well, these taboo conversations are about to become a thing of the past, with the recent Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay)...
by Astrid Daniels | Mar 21, 2023 | Interchange Bench
Did you know that one in two people in Australia are either born overseas or have a parent born overseas? The state of Victoria alone has around 290 different languages spoken, with over 300 ancestries (note, these stats are not including indigenous languages and...
by So Imamura | Feb 22, 2023 | Interchange Bench
What’s the difference between Temporary work and Contracting? People often use the words Temporary and Contractor interchangeably, but they are two different employment arrangements. Temporary, or ‘Temp’ work, can range from one day to several months. It mostly...
by Karen Yang and Maggie Zhang | Jan 27, 2023 | Interchange Bench
We asked Karen Yang and Maggie Zhang from our Payroll team what Chinese New Year, which falls on 22 January in 2023, means to them… Karen: The celebration of Spring Festival (or Chūnjié in pinyin) has more than 4000 years history. Based on the Chinese lunisolar...
by Mina Ibrahimi | Nov 10, 2022 | Interchange Bench
If money were no issue, I’d take endless holidays, spend more time with friends and family, hire a personal trainer to get fit, go shopping, and… then? Eventually the holidays wouldn’t feel like a holiday anymore, shopping would get boring, and my mind would atrophy....
by Tony Calderone | Apr 29, 2022 | Interchange Bench
Over my 22-year recruitment career, I’ve been asked time and time again by people in my networks – clients, candidates, work colleagues and friends – why the Recruitment industry, what is it that keeps you engaged? At a time when candidates have become a...
