Category: Strategic HR

Employers who intentionally underpay staff (including superannuation) could soon face criminal sanctions. Here’s what else HR needs to know about the Closing Loopholes Bill.
In order to build high-performance teams and ensure productivity gains, organisations need to prioritise stability, trust and ‘letting go’. Here’s how HR can help.
With 2024 just around the corner, business leaders are gearing up for yet another year of profound change. Here are five key workforce trends that could shape the new year, and advice for HR on how to prepare. As the countdown to the new year commences, business and HR leaders are bracing themselves for new…
By leveraging AI to design a streamlined, ‘hyper-personalised’ candidate interface, the talent acquisition team at KPMG has reduced time to hire by 20 per cent – and reduced employee turnover in the process.
Workplace distractions are costing employers thousands of hours in lost productivity, found a recent report. What are employees’ biggest distractions, and how can HR help teams regain their focus?
Most organisations are calling for employees to return to the physical workspace for at least three days per week, new research from the Australian HR Institute into flexible and hybrid work has found
With the goal of retaining talent, this HR professional saw an opportunity to rejuvenate her organisation’s rewards strategy.
Measuring the impact of employee wellbeing and inclusion strategies is as challenging as it is essential. Four wellbeing experts offer tips for HR to measure what matters.
AHRI’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion conference covered everything from intersectional approaches to workplace policies to debunking the ‘merit myth’.
Ahead of AHRI’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion conference, HRM speaks with political journalist Annabelle Crabb about creating work environments that guarantee women safety and equal opportunity.
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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.

LEGAL

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?
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.
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?
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?