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Why we shouldn't be trying to make people happy at work all of the time

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A quick scan of recent media highlights an entire industry exists around workplace happiness. Being a corporate happiness expert is now a job title.

As part of this effort, billions of dollars are spent annually on workplace design. We are inundated with images of workplaces with brightly coloured lounge spaces, nap pods and...

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FactCheck: could foreign workers be paid less under the China-Australia FTA?

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imageChina's Minister of Commerce Dr Gao Hucheng and Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott signed the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement in mid-July. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas

First off, there is no statement that says that says workers working side by side with an Australian worker shall receive the same conditions and pay. That’s nowhere in the...

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