Category: Workforce Effectiveness
Restructuring a role without ending employment raises complex legal questions for HR. Here are four factors to keep in mind when dealing with a partial redundancy.
With minimum wages set to rise from next month, HR and business leaders are urged to act fast to avoid costly payroll errors.
In this HR case study, an experienced HR leader shares how she navigated the “HR olympics” as part of a complex merger and acquisition that involved the integration of over 1000 employees into a single entity.
Coaching managers on responding to workplace disputes can reposition HR from the default fixer and empower people leaders to play their part in facilitating healthier, safer relationships at work.
Unmanaged work demands, such as a high volume, pace and intensity of work, can have a severe impact on organisational success. An expert offers a simple framework to support HR.
Preventing underpayments requires more than a functional payroll system – it’s about joining the dots between people, payroll and processes.
Probation periods are often misunderstood in the employee onboarding process. A legal expert clarifies how HR can get it right.
An employee was recently awarded nearly $30k after he was dismissed for allegedly falsifying an illness. What went wrong for the employer in this case, and how should HR address suspected misuse of sick leave?
How do you balance competing principles during a workplace investigation? And how can you maintain psychosocial safety? An expert walks HR practitioners through the end-to-end process of an effective workplace investigation.
A structured, fair and transparent investigation process is essential for HR practitioners to manage employee misconduct effectively, protect employees and ensure legal compliance.
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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.
