Sue Williamson is an Associate Professor of Human Resource Management in the School of Business at UNSW, Canberra. She specialises in two main areas of research – gender equality in the workplace, and public sector human resources and industrial relations. Sue is combining these two areas and for the past few years has been examining how various public sector agencies implement gender equality initiatives. Recent research includes examining how public sector employees worked from home during the pandemic, and what the future of work in the public sector might look like post-pandemic. Sue has also examined how middle managers can progress gender equality. Sue has partnered with various state government and Australian Government agencies on projects aimed at progressing workplace gender equality.
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Hybrid work has gone from the new normal to business as usual
Public servants have embraced remote and hybrid working arrangements, but research suggests their managers can take steps to help them be more effective
Back-to-the-office push could reverse gains for disabled workers
Avoiding the office commute is one reason why working from home suits many workers with a disability better, write Sue Williamson, Helen Taylor and Vindhya Weeratunga
Who gained (and lost) working from home during the pandemic?
As hybrid working becomes entrenched in organisations, organisations would do well to tailor working practices to specific groups of employees
Managers and employees have different experiences working from home
As Australians return to their workplaces and adjust to ‘COVID-normal’, a discrepancy remains between the needs, preferences and perceptions of managers and employees
Why is a ‘positive duty’ to prevent workplace sexual harassment so important?
The Morrison government says existing laws already provide a positive duty to prevent sexual harassment but do they go far enough?