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Employers that engage on-hire workers without understanding the parameters of the arrangement are exposing themselves to an under-the-radar legal minefield, warns a lawyer.

In a webinar on 23 April, Athena Koelmeyer from Workplace Law will discuss how you can address issues regarding appropriate appearance and grooming in the workplace. Premium members should click through to request a pass, while free subscribers can upgrade their membership level here for access.

HR professionals should look inside their business rather than rely on external consultants' advice when deciding how to apply their talent metrics, says QBE's Dr John Chan.

In a webinar on 16 April, Nathan Clark from Development Beyond Learning will discuss how HR professionals can apply gamification principles in the workplace.

Moving to a values-based recruitment process has enabled an employer to dramatically lift female representation in its workforce.

An employer that followed a clause in its enterprise agreement "in form rather than substance" when investigating alleged misconduct took an approach that could "only be described as procedurally unfair", the FWC has ruled.

Employers try to do too much with their performance management systems, and should limit their objectives, according to a people management expert.

Blurring boundaries between work and personal time pose increasingly complex risks for employers. Watch this webcast to understand the extent to which you can monitor and manage worker conduct that occurs outside of the traditional workplace and hours.

Book retailer Dymocks filled all its Christmas casual positions in the space of a week without advertising, after building its own talent community.

An employee who was subjected to "such a vehement and vitriolic dressing down" from his manager that he became unfit for work has failed to convince the Federal Court that the incident, and his employer's failure to properly investigate it, constituted adverse action and breached his employment contract.