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Despite most employers now offering greater flexibility than before the pandemic, working parents are struggling more than ever to juggle their work and home life, according to new research.

The average time it takes for a new employee to become productive is now 35 days in Australia, up from 24 last year, research shows.

Online catchup meetings that employees take turns to host are building "really critical" engagement and connection at a remote-first organisation, its people and culture leader says.

Employers are still viewing Gen Z as the 'future' workforce and leaders when they are well and truly here already, an academic and futurist says.

Remote work now "stands in the way" of many important conversations and healthy workplace relationships, according to world-renowned psychotherapist Esther Perel.

There's a tension in workplaces today between showing empathy and exercising authority, but these things aren't "mutually exclusive", says relationship expert Esther Perel.

HR can't afford to ignore difficult employees, but focusing on them at the expense of others is like giving too much attention to a child who's throwing a tantrum, a strategist warns.

With burnout on the rise, more employers need to "encourage a leave culture" and let staff know that "taking leave is about taking care of yourself", a chief people officer says.

Documenting "everything" is critical when employees are working asynchronously, but some people struggle with the concept of sharing their work in progress, an HR leader says.

Employers that try to rally their staff around a shared purpose to increase productivity risk alienating them instead, according to an HR advisory leader.