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While employee attrition has always been an industry bugbear, a growing cohort of Covid quitters has pushed companies to rethink the future of work and employment. Although not all are ready to admit there could be a problem afoot
Traditionally, the Valmorbida family was famed for giving us Lavazza coffee, and a type of social esuberanza that made the coffee brand’s Flemington’s Birdcage marquee such a frothy hit year after year. But now a legal dispute over a family trust that pits family patriarch Mariano Valmorbida against his late son Adrian Valmorbida’s widow Kairu “Erica” Chan threatens to boil over.
Coffee dynasty’s family trust battle heating up We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Credit:John Shakespeare Traditionally, the Valmorbida family was famed for giving us Lavazza coffee, Sirena tuna and La Gina canned tomatoes and a type of social esuberanza which made the coffee brand’s Flemington’s Birdcage marquee such a frothy hit year after year. Their business empire gave the family a $500 million fortune and AFR Rich List status. And in recent years the family’s bright young things have been occupied with ambitio...
One year on: what have corporate affairs leaders learned from COVID? COVID-19 has thrown its fair share of spanners at businesses across Australia, but as Anna Whitlam, founder and MD of Anna Whitlam People, discovered there is plenty to be learned for corporate affairs leaders. March 12, 2021 8:30 by ANNA WHITLAM Last Tuesday I did the unthinkable. I put on a suit and a pair of heels, boarded a plane (remember planes?) and flew from Melbourne to Sydney to reconnect with clients and colleagues, and host a round table lunch in-person. After 12 months working from home in my Birkenstocks whi...