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Australia's low unemployment rate throughout the GFC is attributable in part to HR's greater involvement in business strategy and commitment to minimising job losses, says AHRI CEO, Serge Sardo.

HR managers must have leadership development programs in place for employees or face the risk of losing them when the economy recovers, a new report warns.

Human resource development budgets should be divided equally between three key learning and development philosophies, focusing on 'production', 'person' and 'problem-solving', says Winners At Work managing director Dr Tim Baker.

Employees who don't have a clear understanding of "what is expected of them and what they are accountable for" are unlikely to care about their employer's success, says Right Management's Bridget Beattie, who warns that nearly two in three workers are at risk of fleeing their jobs within the next 12 months.

Most "change" strategies are dated and doomed to fail, but employers can build a foundation for change success with five "enabling assumptions", according to management consultant Peter Fuda.

Employers that think of their workers as individuals as opposed to a stakeholder group with "homogenous interests" are more likely to distinguish themselves as employers of choice, a researcher says.

Most employers are forced from time to time to slow hiring, freeze headcounts or make layoffs, but "mature-class" organisations never stop nurturing their talent pools, according to HR analysts.

Employees who don't feel they receive managerial support or monetary rewards in line with their efforts are more likely to suffer from stress, physical injuries or even heart attacks, an academic warns.

Salary growth has slowed to 3.5 per cent in the last six months, according to research by Mercer.

A great business strategy is almost worthless if employees aren't informed and inspired to execute it, say the authors of a forthcoming book.