Transforming leadership development at KPMG involved asking a lot more of its senior people, meaning the company also had to be clear about what they could stop doing, or risk sabotaging its efforts.
Employers undergoing mergers and acquisitions often fail to consult HR until it's "way too late" in the process, but if HR acts as a true business partner, executives will come knocking much sooner, according to a specialist in the field.
The Fair Work Commission has described as "perplexing" an HR manager's decision to continue a disciplinary meeting after an employee became emotional, and then sack her as she walked out the door.
One of the hardest aspects of a multinational's move to revamp its recruitment practices has been ensuring hiring managers dedicate themselves to recruiting before a job is even available, its head of HR says.
Explaining upcoming penalty rate cuts to affected workers could prove a "nightmare" for employers, especially when the decision will affect different employees in different ways, an academic warns.
Two investigation letters, sent to an employee after a workplace assault, aggravated her psychiatric injuries but didn't amount to a duty of care breach, an appeal court has ruled.
Applications to terminate enterprise agreements are on the rise, but just because an agreement is old doesn't mean an employer should scrap it, a workplace lawyer warns.
All employers should consider putting in place a workplace s-xual harassment prevention plan, even though such plans are only expressly prescribed in one jurisdiction, according to a risk management expert.
Recent events have shone a spotlight on whistleblowing, placing employers firmly on notice that their response to a protected disclosure could be subject to intense scrutiny. Watch this webcast to understand the role HR plays in this challenging space.
