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• ‘Tis the season to get cracking

  When Christmas is approaching there is an alternative to whacking all that expense on to your credit card. Why not cash up by getting part time work.

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• Is it possible to work from home with kids?

  Many women who work from home, regardless of the type of work they do, agree about one thing: this is not always the perfect childcare solution. When you are in paid employment others are paying for your time. You will need to be sufficiently disciplined to realise that this is time that you will not be able to devote to your family.

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• Part time paradise? To work or not to work?

  When your kids are back at school or if they are just starting school for the first time, you may wish to consider working part time. Women with young families account for the largest percentage, but now more people from all walks of life can be found enjoying part time employment. Part time is generally considered to be a regular 10-30 hours per week.

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• Keeping your staff at work is easier than you think

  Today absenteeism costs Australian industry $7 billion per annum, that's just over 2% of GDP. And yet some 18 years ago in 1985, Dena Blackman then CEO of DIAL-AN-ANGEL® placed a large advertisement in the Australian Financial Review that could provide a creative solution to reducing absenteeism. It stated

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• Why family friendly policies are good business sense

  A family friendly workplace is said to be one in which employees have employer support and flexibility to be able to meet family commitments. In an organisation without good family friendly policies and practices, the pool of talent may become smaller as potential job candidates opt out of the running, preferring to work for a company that will allow them to have a better balance between their work and family lives.

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