For its new state-of-the-art site, Dulux has opted to test job applicants before screening resumes, and proactively model the workplace culture on its most-engaged businesses.
Focusing on mental health outcomes has helped build managers' and employees' engagement with LGBTI-inclusion efforts at Lendlease, its diversity specialists say.
Any HR team undergoing a digital transformation must allocate significant effort to building new data "habits", or risk undermining the entire project, according to MLC Life Insurance's head of organisational development.
Managers have largely moved on from the days of seeing flexible work as a special entitlement, but could still be less rigid about the arrangements on offer, according to flexible work ambassadors.
The Department of Industry, Innovation and Science has recorded an improvement in leadership and management behaviours following a gamification pilot, and plans to roll out the project more broadly.
Employee complaints about being overlooked for roles in favour of external talent has led global tech firm Oracle to add a team of internal recruiters who just target existing staff.
Following the closure of its manufacturing facilities last October, GM Holden has amped up its focus on flexibility and inclusion, with an immediate impact on attracting female job applicants, according to its head of HR.
The organisations most prepared for the workforce of the future are maximising automation and machine learning today and making the most of the data it reveals, according to business leaders.
Linking a leadership development program to real-time workplace challenges helps keep engagement high while delivering more benefits to the business, according to a workplace trainer.
A DXC Technology initiative is training candidates on the autism spectrum for hard-to-fill roles, building their long-term career prospects while providing much-needed skills to the business.
All employers should consider putting in place a workplace s-xual harassment prevention plan, even though such plans are only expressly prescribed in one jurisdiction, according to a risk management expert.
Recent events have shone a spotlight on whistleblowing, placing employers firmly on notice that their response to a protected disclosure could be subject to intense scrutiny. Watch this webcast to understand the role HR plays in this challenging space.
