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With widespread sickies expected this coming Friday, there are five steps employers can take to prevent absenteeism and minimise business disruption. Meanwhile, Australia has ranked highly for talent competitiveness; research reports urge CEOs to focus more on people issues; and more.

Employers are finally realising just how highly intelligent, hard-working and loyal employees on the autism spectrum can be, and far from dismissing them as applicants, are actively pursuing them.

HR processes, workplace amenities, and day-to-day communication that reinforces the gender binary are alienating and disengaging people at work, a gender and diversity expert warns.

More employers have received employer of choice accreditation from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency this year despite stricter criteria, the list released today shows. Also in this article, a Senate inquiry majority has opposed passing a bill that would ban "pay gag clauses" in employment contracts; a state government has announced initiatives to boost workplace gender equality; and more.

BHP Billiton is undergoing a "macro change" to reach ambitious diversity targets, and has already clocked some early wins, according to one of its talent leaders.

Adopting tactics traditionally used in marketing to define ideal candidates gives employers an advantage in hiring the talent they need, according to researchers from job search engine Indeed. Also in this article, three ways to harness the capabilities of an older workforce.

HR and business leaders who attended this week's annual diversity debate walked out overwhelmingly convinced that engaging men is not the best way to achieve gender equality.

The impact s-x discrimination has on the gender pay gap has increased in the past decade, according to KPMG research. Meanwhile, new reports reveal: men think male leaders consistently outperform their female counterparts; what's driving engagement gaps in lower-engaged workplaces; and employees are dissatisfied with leadership development.

How a team works together matters more to its success than who is on the team, Google's Asia-Pac diversity and inclusion manager says.

Employers can address the opposition and defensiveness that thwarts diversity and inclusion progress only by raising employees' awareness of 'privilege', according to a researcher.