When you're new to an HR team, unless "burning issues" need immediate attention it's best to get to know the people before trying to lead them, Seek's new group HR director says.
Employers must develop more in-house recruitment capability, and become more strategic, to get the most from their external recruiting partnerships, according to an HR management expert.
The Fair Work Commission has found a manager bullied an employee by requiring her to undertake an induction program and appointing her a mentor upon her return from a period of leave.
An employer must pay a former worker more than $100k in damages, after a court found it breached his contract in failing to set up a formal performance bonus plan.
A new generation of psychometric assessments capture a more accurate and much broader range of information about candidates, according to an organisational psychologist.
What can an employer do if an employee refuses to get help for their mental illness? How much notice should be given regarding performance meetings? How should an employer manage a worker who is taking advantage of reasonable adjustments? These and more questions are answered here.
It was unreasonable, and "somewhat extreme", for a manager to request an employee meeting at short notice, via text message, and without mentioning its reason, a commission has ruled in a workers' compensation dispute.
Some employers have successfully stepped up to the task of managing psychosocial safety, but in many other workplaces, initiatives are falling flat. Join us for an HR Daily webinar to understand what's holding back progress in this critical space and how to move forward.
