Category: Strategic HR
Meet the company that’s shaking up traditional job descriptions to make them more fluid and flexible.
New research has revealed that CEOs are surprisingly optimistic about their growth prospects despite the threat of a potential recession.
Keep these legal considerations in mind when allowing staff to swap out public holidays that don’t align with their beliefs.
It can take months to pick up on a colleague’s work preferences and communication style. To remove this learning curve and help employees work together more effectively, you can encourage your employees to create a personal operating manual.
Four-day work week has been dominating headlines lately. However, is it feasible or should we instead focus on re-inventing the 5-day week?
A new report from Robert Half has indicated that succession planning is not a high priority among Australian business leaders.
What can we learn about talent mobility from the man who accidentally coined the phrase ‘The Great Resignation’?
Effective job interviews are vital to ensure the best person for the job is hired. But knowing what questions you can and can’t ask is something all HR professionals need to be aware of.
Requesting an employee’s medical history can be a tricky conversation. While some people might be reluctant to reveal their personal health information, there are some instances where disclosure is necessary for compliance and their safety.
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.
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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.
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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.
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.
