Category: Strategic HR

The cost of hiring a new employee has doubled in the past two years. So what’s the solution to keeping costs down?
The way we work has drastically changed, so job interview questions need to evolve with the times too. Here are some to consider. 
HRM speaks with Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson who offers practical tips for cultivating psychological safety in the workplace.
To attract top talent and retain your existing stars, you might need to think outside the box when it comes to the types of leave you offer employees.
Impostor syndrome doesn’t discriminate against its victims. How can HR learn to keep it at bay both in the workplace and within themselves?
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?
Want to bring former employees back into the fold but unsure about your legal obligations? Read this.
Telling them to keep their chin up just won’t cut it. This expert offers some clear and easy tips to make a positive impact.
We’ve lost the ability to look across the room and see if our colleagues are doing okay, so it’s important employees are equipped with self-care tools to check in with themselves.
Interesting studies examine two frameworks that could help prevent further infections.
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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

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.