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It’s a term you’ve probably seen on a job ad or someone’s resume: “a qualified HR all-rounder”
With Google to the latest industry leader encouraging staff to work from home and everyone from newsreaders to politicians dialling in to their jobs digitally, is coming into the office truly a thing of the past?
It didn’t take long for the COVID-19 virus and the rapidity of its spread to overwhelm traditional government services and responses.
Just last month, Australian Public Service Commissioner Peter Woolcott stated that public servants should work from home wherever possible.
These are turbulent times. With terms like ‘panic’, ‘pandemic’, and ‘disaster’ being used regularly in the media, it’s understandable if you’re feeling a little unsettled by the current coronavirus situation
This time last year, if someone had told you the APS would be taking on historic new measures, redeploying large parts of the workforce and enabling huge numbers of staff to work from home – all in a matter of weeks
Whether in your personal life or your role at work, you’ve no doubt seen an increase in people experiencing uncertainty, anxiety, and stress as a result of COVID-19.
In December 2019, as soon as the first news headlines about the coronavirus surfaced, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) began monitoring the situation in China.
On 5 December 2019 Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced major Machinery of Government (MoG) changes to reduce the total number of departments from 18 to 14 by 1 February 2020.
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