Employers are expecting to give pay rises that fall below HR's expectations. Meanwhile the top HR skills in demand include stakeholder communication, workforce planning, and talent acquisition, new reports from specialist recruitment companies show.
A report on serious incidents in Parliament House recommends training all staff on workplace respect, among other steps. Also in this article, how #MeToo has impacted mentoring.
Workplace meetings often open problem-solving discussions with a "shallow thinking" approach, when most problems require a team to "go deeper", a team intelligence expert says.
Major research sheds more light on how the pandemic has impacted employees' productivity, and which workplace factors affect it. Also in this article: HR leaders' mental health; senior appointments; and more.
Employees who have returned to offices report struggling to cope, feeling fatigued and burned out by lunchtime. Also in this article: back-to-back meeting stress and which industries are facing a talent exodus.
General protections claims are the fastest-growing category of applications in the Fair Work Commission, with reforms now underway to stem the tide. This webinar will discuss important developments in both procedural issues and case law.
