Labour market (304 items)

HR's growing strategic impact is increasing employers' demand for senior professionals, new data on salaries and hiring trends suggests.

HR professionals are again being urged to reconsider their definition of remuneration, to bridge the growing disconnect between employee and employer expectations.

The HR jobs market dipped at the end of 2025, but according to specialist recruiters, a rise in the proportion of permanent positions advertised signals "strategic maturity" in how employers approach hiring for this function.

• Who's moving in senior HR roles
  
• HR sees more role churn than many occupations
  
• Many senior professionals contemplating HR exit

• HR hiring now "focused and deliberate"
  
• First-of-its-kind Bill to restrict s-xual harassment NDAs
  
• HR called to address "one of the toughest challenges in corporate Australia"

Leaders at Hoyts and Toll Group are among those recognised in recent HR-related awards ceremonies, while the past quarter has also seen movement in employment law firms and HR tech providers.

• No need for AI laws "at this stage"
  
• Calls to reduce "out of control" regulation
  
• Momentum growing for skills recognition reform
  
• Union WFH proposals labelled "loopy"
  
• Greens join Victoria's push for two-day WFH minimum

AI tools should overall be embraced in the workplace, but it's wise for employers to be clear on where the "human value" lies in their work, and adopt some guiding principles to avoid costly and damaging mistakes, technology experts say.

Practitioners who can drive AI implementation in HR functions are in high demand, but plenty of hiring challenges lie ahead, new research shows.

Adoption of AI is driving an "experience gap" for many graduates entering the workforce, and it's "a really significant issue that we're not talking enough about", a futurist warns.