Category: HR policies and procedures
- Featured, HR policies and procedures, Legal, Section
A recent FWC case has shed light on the dangers of inadequate policies and procedures relating to drug and alcohol use. How can HR craft a drug and alcohol policy that stands up to scrutiny?
- Featured, How to's, HR policies and procedures, Section
The year is almost drawing to a close, but before employers shut up shop for the year, there are a few things to consider ticking off your to-do list.
- Featured, HR policies and procedures, Legal, Section
Rules around employers’ legal requirements regarding the collection and storage of employee information could be set to change in the near future, with proposed reform ahead for the employee record exemption.
- Featured, HR policies and procedures, Legal, Section
A recent FWC decision has highlighted the importance of having clear, concise, plain language workplace policies that employees can understand.
- Featured, HR policies and procedures, Section, Strategic HR
When Publicis Groupe introduced progressive leave policies, some leaders worried that employees would exploit the system. This HR leader allayed their concerns and made ‘lion leave’ and other policies a roaring success.
- Featured, HR policies and procedures, Section
Personal leave can’t always fit into a tidy 10 days. What should you do when an employee runs out of sick leave? Here’s a quick legal refresher.
- COVID-19, HR policies and procedures, Section, Sponsored Content, Strategic HR
Interesting studies examine two frameworks that could help prevent further infections.
- COVID-19, Featured, Health, wellbeing and safety, HR policies and procedures, Section, Strategic HR
No doubt you’ve read articles on the impacts COVID-19 is having on our workplaces. But here are a few most people might not be thinking about.
- Featured, HR policies and procedures, Legal, Section
As of 1 December 2018, the rules around flexible work requests have changed. Legal experts break down what HR needs to know about this new law.
- Employment law, HR policies and procedures, Leadership, Legal, Performance, Section
Nepotism can have far-reaching impacts, including on a company’s bottom line. How should HR respond to nepotism? For those of you who are curious about idioms, you might be surprised when you look up the origin of the phrase “Bob’s your uncle”. Most of us understand the phrase to mean “everything will be ok” –…
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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.
