A candidate who failed to meet the conditions of her employment offer and never started the job has claimed her prospective employer engaged in unlawful adverse action.
Employers are now taking more time to consider who is best suited to lead them beyond the "here and now", while senior leaders are much more thoroughly interrogating the organisations that want to hire them, specialists say.
Crown Resorts has now hired 1,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees since launching a targeted diversity program, making many tweaks along the way, its GM says.
The safest course for employers that want to improve their workplace gender diversity while complying with discrimination legislation is to obtain an exemption for their hiring practices, a lawyer says.
The Federal Government plans to propose s-xual harassment law reforms by the end of June. Also in this article: AI-informed recruitment issues and more.
Employers in the most advanced stages of their hybrid work journey are now working on articulating their approach for an "all-out arms race on employer branding", a specialist says.
Employers are underprepared for "age-friendly" workplaces, but a new report highlights specific strategies to overcome workplace ageism and effectively recruit, deploy, and retain older workers.
An HR team eager to snare the best candidates in the market has taken the unusual step of bringing recruiters together for a deep dive into its culture and talent market questions.
HR roles are among those experiencing the most growth in demand, new data shows. Meanwhile, employers are pushing for failed IR proposals to return, and more.
Workplace bullying complaints continue to pose significant challenges for employers, including where the behaviour doesn't meet the legal definition of bullying or the threshold to make a claim. Watch this HR Daily Premium webcast to understand key lessons from cases where bullying complaints interact with other claims and issues.
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