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Most workplaces don't have a formal return process for new parents, and many of the programs that do exist are seriously flawed, a life coach and mental health advocate says.

The end of 2022 saw a raft of new laws being passed, but those reforms are just the start of what HR will face in 2023. Watch this HR Daily Premium webcast to prepare yourself for the year ahead.

• 'Same pay' laws would increase complexity, not reduce it
  
• Paid Parental Leave expanding to 26 weeks

Business leaders are working "hand in glove" with HR at Audible to build a "human and value-based" environment for employees, its APAC head of operations says.

It was reasonable for an "empathetic" employer to propose disciplining a worker who failed to improve his poor attendance levels over several years, despite three absence management plans, a commission has found.

Until now 'flexible' work has largely been limited by boundaries and parameters, but leading employers are replacing their policies with frameworks as they shift family-friendly practices up a gear.

Three employee groups are suffering most from the pandemic's emotional impact, with continued strain making mental health recovery more complex, a wellbeing specialist says.

• Religious Discrimination Bill shelved indefinitely
  
• Fresh calls for positive duty to prevent harassment
  
• Leading practices in paid parental leave revealed
  
• But 'room to improve' on support for working parents

Carers' benefits were seen as a "nice to have" before the pandemic, but they have become essential in the new world of work, an employee experience specialist says.

Managing caregiving employees has never been so challenging, and policies that were considered "progressive" not long ago are now just "expected". Watch this webcast to learn what now ranks as best practice and where your organisation can step up.