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Women now appear to be the driving force behind Australia’s corporate performance. They work at least 7% harder than men but are less satisfied with their pay and benefits. However, Australians generally worker hard than the global average. The latest research shows Australian women put in a greater effort at work than their male colleagues. Many may have suspected this but lacked the data to prove it. However, the latest Gartner Global Talent Monitor reveals that effort among Australian female employees is almost 7% higher than men. In the fourth quarter of 2017, female effort levels increased 1.6% to reach 24.2%, compared to just a 0.5% increase seen in male workers. “Gender differences in the workplace have long been a topic of intense focus and speculation, but the data is clear,” says Aaron McEwan, HR advisory leader at Gartner. “Women are working harder than men and now appear to be the driving force behind corporate performance.” Australia … [Read more...] about The latest research has found that women really do work harder than men in Australia

It’s the small details that explain why The Peninsula in Hong Kong is lauded as one of the world’s best hotels. Sure the Samsung tablet, which controls the room via a menu designed by the hotel’s own R&D boffins, is pretty cool (and more of that later). But this is the first time I’ve stayed in a hotel with its own nail dryer. You get the feeling The Peninsula knows it’s a woman’s world, and what they want from a luxury hotel. My wife’s long-held dream – call it her bucket list – was to arrive at The Peninsula in one of the hotel’s British racing green stretch Rolls-Royce Phantoms. She crossed that off as we arrived in outrageous style, our kids in the back watching the hotel’s story on the touch-screen DVD player. I’d never been in a Rolls before and loved the ride, the space, the leather and the timber veneer – and having a chauffeur. Even in status-driven Hong Kong it felt special. An airport transfer … [Read more...] about REVIEW: We Arrived At The Peninsula, ‘The World’s Best Hotel’, In A Rolls Royce

The debate in the US over gun control reached a fever pitch following the February shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida that left 17 dead. Now with the US Congress debating measures to strengthen existing gun laws and President Donald Trump releasing a plan to increase regulations – albeit a less intensive plan than initially promised, it appears legislative action on firearms could move in Congress. Activists throughout the country will march Saturday pushing lawmakers to act as part of what’s become known as the March for Our Lives. As is frequently the case after recent mass shootings, many gun control advocates pointed to other countries around the world as evidence that tighter limits on firearm ownership could reduce gun violence in the US. It is true that in many countries outside of the US the number of gun deaths per 100,000 people is much lower – though the US is nowhere near the highest rate. To get a more global perspective on the issue, we … [Read more...] about Here’s how guns are regulated around the world