Category: Health, wellbeing and safety
- Featured, Health, wellbeing and safety, Section, Workforce Effectiveness
Over a fifth of Australian employees have racked up four weeks of unused annual leave or more, according to a recent report. What implications might this have for organisations – and how should HR respond?
- Featured, Health, wellbeing and safety, Section
The Australian economy is losing up to $936 million each day due to poor mental health. Breaking down the scale of the problem can help strengthen buy-in for workplace interventions.
- Culture Leadership, Employee wellbeing, Featured, Health, wellbeing and safety, Section
Australian women lose $17 billion in earnings and superannuation annually due to challenges related to (peri)menopause, highlighting the need for organisations to prioritise menopause support as a core component of their gender equality agendas.
- Culture Leadership, Employee wellbeing, Featured, Health, wellbeing and safety, Section
Medibank has completed phase one of its four-day work week trial and is about to commence phase two, with the HR team feeling a lot wiser about what’s involved.
- Business Strategy, Featured, Health, wellbeing and safety, Section
Fostering equality and unity in the workplace becomes even more challenging amidst the paradoxes of today’s economic landscape.
- Ethical dilemma, Featured, Health, wellbeing and safety, Industrial relations, Section
Three AHRI members explain how they would respond to a complicated situation arising from the new Right to Disconnect legislation.
- Featured, Health, wellbeing and safety, Legal, Section
A recently passed law means employers now have higher liability risk for sexual harassment litigation costs. Here’s what HR needs to know.
- Employee wellbeing, Featured, Health, wellbeing and safety, Leadership, Organisational enablement, Section, Strategic HR
The highest-ever recorded levels of change fatigue, a rise in ‘resenteeism’ and misaligned communication about organisational growth could be a recipe for a disengaged and disgruntled workforce. Here’s how you can reverse the impact of organisational ennui.
- Featured, Health, wellbeing and safety, safety and wellbeing, Section
From learning how to identify different stress styles to providing meaningful rest and recovery, successfully addressing stress in the workplace requires a whole-of-organisation approach.
- Featured, Health, wellbeing and safety, safety and wellbeing, Section
Much of HR’s current practice aligns with the new psychosocial health code of conduct, meaning HR practitioners are well-positioned to lead their organisations through updated legislative requirements.
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- Featured, How to's, Trusted partnership
A HR practitioner offers a range of thought-provoking questions to help you plan your next career move.
- Featured, How to's, Section, Talent management
Keep these tips in mind to ensure your organisation’s probation periods go beyond being a tick-box exercise and become a driver of strong culture and high performance.
- Featured, How to's, Section, Trusted partnership
From building your case in advance to avoiding the trap of false politeness, use these strategies to help you engage in constructive dissent at the executive level.
LEGAL
- Featured, Legal, Workforce Effectiveness
A case currently before the Federal Circuit Court highlights the dangers of cutthroat, “win at all costs” work cultures. But where do courts draw the line between a competitive culture and a psychosocially unsafe work environment?
- Featured, Legal, Organisational enablement
Ahead of a report into the latest Closing Loopholes legislation, we ask an expert lawyer to explain the casual conversion rules in their current form.
- Featured, Legal, Organisational enablement
NSW has significantly raised the legal stakes for workplace health and safety compliance, including the management of psychosocial risks. Here’s what the changes mean in practice, and their implications for employers across Australia.
- Featured, Legal, Organisational enablement
The new financial year will bring changes to pay, superannuation, parental leave, psychosocial risk management and more. Here’s what these changes will mean in practice for HR.
