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Chronic complainers lower team morale and can be a drain on your brain, but we need to treat them with kindness and compassion if we want them to quit whining.
Getting enough sleep is only one crucial element to being well rested. This expert says there are six other types that you might be neglecting.
Without proper attention, the ‘four horsemen of conflict’ can spell doom for a relationship. How can you spot and combat different types of conflict in the workplace?
Impostor syndrome doesn’t discriminate against its victims. How can HR learn to keep it at bay both in the workplace and within themselves?
Time off in lieu can offer an alternative to paid overtime in some scenarios. But what obligations do you have to your employees? 
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. 
Probationary periods are common – and  commonly misunderstood. This can put  employers at risk of unfair dismissal claims.
We’ve all heard horror stories about former employees turning on their employers, so how can you protect your organisation so employees don’t try to burn it all down on their way out?
With several COVID-19 vaccines on the horizon, employers might want to make them mandatory for all employees. However, legally, are they allowed to?
Inter-workplace relationships are a common occurrence, but how should HR react if a romance forms between a team leader and their junior?
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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

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.
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.