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The time to prepare your organisation's human resources for growth was three or four months ago, but there are four steps that those still in survival mode can take now, says human capital expert Anthony Sork.

Employers convinced that mature-aged workers are reconsidering their retirement plans in the wake of the GFC need to think again, says ageing workforce expert and SageCo director, Alison Monroe.

As the job market strengthens and inter-company movement increases, employers will be more likely to pursue litigation to guard their assets, predicts Harmers Workplace Lawyers partner Shana Schreier-Joffe.

Employers that fail to measure and reward success holistically could be damaging their company's long-term health, says Mercer human capital principal Martin Turner.

The employers best positioned to take advantage of the economic recovery will include those that integrate their physical health initiatives with employee engagement strategies, says Right Management regional general manager Bridget Beattie.

Employees at companies that encouraged voluntary staffing and hours reductions during the downturn are more likely to be happy and to be advocates for their employer, a major survey has found.

To avoid being left with poor performers, employers must take stock now of the valuable talent likely to jump ship when the employment market picks up, says the national director of psychometric consulting company SHL, Stephanie Christopher.

An employer group survey of 500 Australian CEOs exposes plans for more training-budget cuts over the next year, which will exacerbate the skills shortage, it says.

More than half of Australian employees would accept working fewer hours in their next job if it offered greater stability, and nearly two in five would take a pay cut, a national survey has found.

Employers need to stop viewing engagement as "being nice" and start to see it as a way to genuinely drive commercial returns, says RedBalloon CEO and founder, Naomi Simson.