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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.
While there’s little chance of going back to the pre-pandemic way of working, employers are able to direct their people to return to the office. So what happens if an employee refuses?
If a staff member discloses private information that requires you to breach an employee’s confidentiality, consider following these steps first.
As the world reopens and people start planning holidays, employers might be faced with resourcing issues. In this instance, are they allowed to deny an annual leave request?
The cost of hiring a new employee has doubled in the past two years. So what’s the solution to keeping costs down?
Need to change an employee’s job description to cover for departing staff? Make sure you have your legal bases covered.
Placing an overworked, stressed and under-resourced employee on a performance improvement plan contributed to the employer owing him one million dollars in workers’ compensation.
Remote work has become so common that you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s an employee’s right to work from home. This ruling shows why that’s not the case.
With thousands of Australians contracting COVID-19 over the break, or isolating for days on end awaiting test results, many holiday plans were thwarted. How can employers help?
The way we work has drastically changed, so job interview questions need to evolve with the times too. Here are some to consider. 
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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

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.
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.
Workplace investigations are meant to resolve harm, but they’re increasingly becoming a potential source of it. With courts beginning to hold employers accountable for psychosocial risks created during the investigation process itself, two work health and safety lawyers outline key issues for HR to consider.
AI is helping workers research, build and articulate workplace complaints with legal precision – and employers are scrambling to keep up.