After onboarding more than 1,000 people remotely this year, Atlassian has finetuned its processes many times, while leaving plenty of room for contingencies.
HR professionals and other industry leaders have been recognised in numerous awards recently, in areas covering mentoring, recruitment and talent acquisition, and LGBTI leadership.
A fast-growing organisation that established its values early says "doubling down" on them has moved workplace culture from HR's domain into a key element of the business strategy.
An employer has defended sacking an employee who altered personnel files to help his family members obtain jobs they would not otherwise have been considered for.
The JobMaker hiring credit will create "bad jobs", a Senate committee has been warned. Meanwhile a tech employer expects its new, global 'virtual first' work policy to open up much broader talent pools.
An employer has failed to block a stop-bullying claim it argues is "speculative" due to the worker's ongoing absence. Meanwhile, an "ideal" candidate who wasn't hired has lost his discrimination claim.
COVID-19 has heightened the need for employers to manage their workforce more strategically, but two common 'blind spots' are contributing to performance and retention issues. This HR Daily Premium webcast outlines the consequences of these blind spots and how to overcome them.
A "massive paradigm shift" is underway in employment as cost-conscious organisations opt for contracting over permanent headcount, a workforce strategy specialist says.
Platforms that allow organisations to build a "corporate memory" of their former employees are the next big area to watch in HR technology, an expert says.
BHP has defended a union's challenge to its in-house labour hire model; and the Federal Court has criticised traditional contractor tests for producing "ambiguity, inconsistency and contradiction".
