Category: Legal
- 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, Legal, remuneration, Section
Amid criminal prosecutions, million-dollar fines and high-profile court cases, employee underpayments are firmly in the spotlight. Organisations now have to ensure their payroll operations stand up to scrutiny – or face the consequences.
- Featured, Legal, Section, Secure Jobs Bill
The Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill has already caused a huge shift in the industrial relations landscape and the next tranche of changes is nearly at our doorsteps. Here are the key dates and details to keep on your radar.
- Featured, Legal, Section
As part of a new Code of Practice, employers will have a stronger obligation to manage employees’ psychosocial safety at work.
- Featured, Legal, Section
The Australian government has implemented a ban on social media platform TikTok on all public sector devices. How can HR craft a mobile phone policy fit for the new world of work?
- Featured, Legal, Section
If an investigation uncovers further evidence of misconduct after you’ve already dismissed an employee, can you use it to strengthen your case?
- Featured, Legal, Section, Strategic HR
Allowing employees to bring their children to work can be a great way to show support for working parents. However, HR should keep these legal risks on their radar before making the workplace family-friendly.
- Employment law, Featured, Legal, Section
Do non-compete clauses prevent healthy competition and compress wages? The Australian government has started conversations about potentially banning them from employment contracts.
- Diversity and Inclusion, Featured, Legal, Section
Even with the best of intentions, employers and HR leaders can skip over important compliance points when designing a diversity and inclusion policy. Two lawyers share some important factors for HR to keep in mind.
- Featured, Legal, Section
A recent report has uncovered millions of dollars’ worth of underpayments at public universities over the last three years. The research indicates that wage theft has become “an endemic part of universities’ business models”.
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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, Organisational enablement
An employee was recently awarded over $36,000 by the Fair Work Commission due to flaws in her employer’s workplace investigation process. What can HR learn from this decision?
- Featured, Legal, Organisational enablement
Several recent cases heard by the Fair Work Commission (FWC) suggest verbal agreements in the workplace can carry more legal weight than some employers realise.
- Diversity and Inclusion, Featured, Legal, Organisational enablement
In a climate where diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are under scrutiny, how can HR help ensure their organisation’s gender equality targets stay on track?
- Featured, Legal, Workplace Health and Safety
Social media may be considered part of the workplace for politicians, finds NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT). Where can HR draw the line in terms of their legal obligations around an employee’s online activity?