On The Job

‘On the Job’ is a podcast all about making your work life better.

Join hosts Francis Leach and Sally Rugg as they chat to people from all walks of life about all things work. From the tough realities of the gig economy to the politics of wearing double denim on a causal Friday (please don’t) – nothing is off-limits.

Whether you’re trying to land your dream job, survive a job from hell or chase that mythical work/life balance you keep hearing about – On the Job is here to make your job, well…less work.

So, clock on to “On the Job” and subscribe.

Pain, periods, perimenopause: why workplaces need reproductive leave

May 15, 2023

On The Job is back and with new hosts: Kleo Cruse and Emma Hartley.

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Pain, periods, perimenopause: why workplaces need reproductive leave (part one)

On The Job is back and with new hosts: Kleo Cruse and Emma Hartley.

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Summer Series – The Uber Files

January 22, 2023

The last pod in our summer series takes a look at one of 2022’s best pieces of investigative journalism.

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Summer Series – Foodbank and the working poor

January 15, 2023

This week in our summer series, we head back to August 2022 to examine the growing demands for food assistance from workers and their families.

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Summer Series – Elon Musk, Twitter, and why billionaires are a really bad idea

January 8, 2023

In the latest episode of our summer series, we head back to June 2022.

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Summer Series – Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz

January 1, 2023

Welcome to the first episode in our summer series, where we take a look back at some of the great conversations we had in 2022.

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Stone Cold Killer

December 18, 2022

Australian workers know all too well the dangers posed by working in an unsafe environment where being on the job means exposure  to dangerous, toxic airborne substances.

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Woke-Washing

December 11, 2022

Big business and corporations are always thinking about new and more subtle ways to change the perceptions and narrative about how they operate.

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Sally McManus on Secure Jobs Better Pay and the Union Way

December 4, 2022

Last week was a huge one for workers across the country as Labor passed its new Industrial Relations laws, The Secure Jobs Better pay bill.

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Dock disputes reveals double standard when it comes to maritime workers

November 30, 2022

Imagine the furore and anger that would be unleashed in our newspapers and on talkback radio if workers on Australia’s wharfs decided to shut down the docks without warning.

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