Category: Strategic HR
Craig Foster’s time as a leader in the #savehakeem campaign contains important lessons on the power of public and private advocacy, and on the ways they interact.
An Australian HR consultancy has added its first AI employee, ‘Xai’, to the organisational chart. But it needed to put guardrails in place in order for Xai to work cohesively with their human colleagues.
As organisations redesign work for the future, we need to start advancing our thinking about what it means to operate a business flexibly and how to create more sustainable work models.
Organisations need employee data to make informed decisions about how to design productive and effective work strategies. But how can we use data more effectively — and build trust with employees in order to do so?
From a “historic” wage increase for aged care workers to changes to how often you’ll need to pay superannuation contributions. Here’s what HR needs to know about the 2023 budget.
Want to create a safer, more productive or more innovative workplace? Understanding behavioural science interventions could help.
Sick of asking the same old interview questions over and over again? It’s time to shake things up. Try these questions to learn more about your candidate and conduct a more interesting interview.
When someone is faced with a cancer diagnosis, it turns their world upside down, so having a supportive employer is invaluable. Here are some tips and resources to help HR offer the right kind of care.
Employers are tightening their belts in response to economic challenges, but there are some investments that need to ramp up during challenging times in order to avoid compromising the employee experience.
With inflation rates in Australia hitting a historic high since 1990, concerns about a looming recession are in full swing. How can organisations ensure that economic uncertainty doesn’t thwart their plans for growth?
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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
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.
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.
