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HR managers have an extended role to play in digital workforce transformation, but must first master new skills and tasks, a strategic workplace planning expert says. Meanwhile, Aldi has failed to prove to a court that publicising an industrial dispute will damage its employer brand; artificial intelligence is set to shake up recruitment in three ways; and more.

Employees' expectations of leaders have "radically changed", with new research revealing current leaders perform poorly in the areas their people care most about.

To be effective, today's leaders need to be more focused on leading themselves, according to business psychologist Sebastian Salicru.

It is becoming more common for businesses to cut senior executives' pay as a form of disciplinary action or to publicly take responsibility for perceived corporate wrongdoing, a workplace lawyer says.

A report on the Australian Olympic Committee's HR practices has highlighted a mismatch with its stated values, with staff members characterising the former culture as "toxic".

The factors that attract HR professionals to a new role differ significantly in some important ways from those of the candidates they're hoping to employ, research shows. Meanwhile, data tells a new story about increases in part-time work, Australian employers' hiring enthusiasm still hasn't recovered post-GFC, and more.

An employer has lost its appeal against paying workers' compensation to a driver it claimed to have engaged as an independent contractor.

Organisational change has definitely become "the norm", but while most employees see value in the end result, a significant proportion find it stressful and "very disorganised", new research shows.

HR and recruitment teams, rather than corporate communications departments, are best placed to develop employer branding strategies, and it's no longer enough for these to be consistent rather than tailored to talent segments, according to new research. Meanwhile, "pathologically high" daytime sleepiness is damaging productivity, employers are urged to keep marriage equality debate "calm", and more.

Certain high-achieving employees are among the least resilient at work, and are unlikely to succeed in high-performance organisations without managers' assistance, top psychologists say.