Category: Featured
A recent Federal Court ruling found a large Australian multinational employer must pay almost $100,000 for failing to consult its workforce over Christmas rostering decisions. A legal expert unpacks this case and shares other tips for ensuring end-of-year celebrations remain safe and compliant.
Improving productivity outcomes isn’t about working harder. It’s about rethinking management, skills and how HR leaders measure and influence performance, says the Deputy President of the Productivity Commission.
An employee was recently awarded $33,000 after the FWC found his mental health struggles meant his resignation was not voluntary. Here’s how employers can recognise when they shouldn’t take a resignation at face value.
AHRI’s latest Quarterly Work Outlook reveals that while AI adoption is nearly universal and delivering clear productivity gains, many organisations lack the policies, capability and strategy needed to harness it responsibly.
Ten years ago, career pathways in the Australian Public Service lacked visibility and consistency, making career development challenging for both employees and HR leaders. In response, it developed a new virtual tool to enable personalised, skills-based career development pathways.
With data security under scrutiny and new regulations coming into effect, HR leaders need clarity on the legal obligations governing employee records.
At the 15th annual Ron McCallum Debate, panellists challenged long-held assumptions about fairness and productivity. Their reflections reveal what HR practitioners should prioritise to build more inclusive, sustainable and high-performing workplaces.
A new gender equality dashboard, created by the Champions of Change Coalition, is giving boards insights into the systematic drivers behind pay gaps, including hiring patterns, bonus allocation and cultural signals.
Professor Sharon Parker shares how HR leaders can apply evidence-based work design strategies to create healthy, meaningful roles in an era of technological transformation.
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To move organisations through disruption, HR must sit at the helm of workforce agility, actively redesigning work and embracing the skills-powered organisation to stay ahead, says Mercer’s global advisory leader Kate Bravery.
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HOW TO
A HR practitioner offers a range of thought-provoking questions to help you plan your next career move.
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.
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
AI is helping workers research, build and articulate workplace complaints with legal precision – and employers are scrambling to keep up.
Almost one million Australians now hold more than one job. But what if an employee’s second job interferes with their work or their employer’s interests? Here are two FWC cases that clarify how far employers can go to restrict secondary employment.
With the minimum wage and award increases fast approaching, here’s how HR can help their organisations to assess their options.
Victoria has become the first Australian state to legislate the right to work from home. Here’s how the new legislation will work, and what it could mean for Australia’s broader industrial relations landscape.
