Can HR professionals restrict who attends investigative interviews as a support person? How should interviewers deal with uncooperative respondents? When is it OK to audio-record interviews? This Q&A with expert investigator Harriet Stacey answers these questions and more.
Employers contemplating redundancies this year should consider the lessons from five rulings before taking any steps, says Lander and Rogers partner Neil Napper.
Contractors make up part of nearly every employer's workforce, but understanding your responsibilities in this area and maintaining first-rate safety standards can be tough.
This webcast covers:
How to ensure contractor compliance;
Your OHS obligations to different kinds of contractors;
Harmonisation - consultation obligations and other changes;
Employers should carefully monitor and manage how much discretionary sick leave they provide to employees following an injury or illness, according to employment lawyer Helen Donovan.
An employer that failed to clearly state in its policies that sexual harassment is illegal has been found vicariously liable for an employee's inappropriate conduct.
Does your organisation have an action plan to address the changing superannuation system? Here, four experts outline how HR professionals should be preparing.
The dispute between Qantas and unions that led to the grounding of its fleet in 2011 has only been resolved "in theory", and is evidence that Australia's industrial relations system is ineffective and out-dated, says Macquarie University professor Paul Gollan.
An expert investigator has outlined what HR professionals should consider when deciding whether to audio-record or take notes during workplace investigative interviews.
