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.
An HR department with a shrinking budget can still deliver value, but it shouldn't be expected to deliver "the gold standard", according to an advisor who recommends resetting expectations now.
Tapping into the full diversity of talent in Australia is a business imperative, yet hundreds of thousands of "incredibly skilled" refugees and migrants are working beneath their skill level.
Employers are focusing more on workforce upskilling to tackle ongoing recruitment difficulties, and new research is urging HR professionals to look at speed to competency as part of their induction and onboarding processes.
More than half of employees would accept an alternative to a salary increase if they were to be promoted, and flexibility around when they work is as desirable as a financial reward, research shows.
Employees with disability are often deterred from asking for workplace adjustments because they fear stigma, but say these are a "godsend" when granted, new research shows.
Employers that try to rally their staff around a shared purpose to increase productivity risk alienating them instead, according to an HR advisory leader.
The best leaders in organisations today are more courageous and kind than in generations past, and committed to making their employees feel safe, a leadership specialist says.
Online s-xual harassment can have a "chilling effect" on women, but employers are perceived as minimising its impact or viewing it as less serious than physical forms, research has found.
