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A company that denied employment to a candidate based on his "very serious" criminal conviction has refused to comply with a recommendation to compensate him.

Demand is high for HR business partners, generalists and industrial relations experts on the east coast, and organisations across the country are seeking professionals with change management skills, specialists say in our quarterly HR snapshot.

For its new state-of-the-art site, Dulux has opted to test job applicants before screening resumes, and proactively model the workplace culture on its most-engaged businesses.

A recent high-profile MP resignation has put candidate fraud back in the spotlight, and a lawyer suggests employers are overlooking some simple ways to protect against it.

Current recruitment service delivery models will fail to fill critical roles in evolving organisations, and cannot support their long-term digital transformation and competitiveness, according to a labour market expert.

Unconscious bias training can actually increase biased decision-making, and is not the solution to improve workplace inclusion, Diversity Council Australia's research director says.

Adjusting organisational processes and procedures in specific ways can "nudge" employees towards the behaviours employers want in their workplaces more effectively than training will, research shows.

New research suggests that rather than self-selecting jobs they can perform independently, gay and lesbian employees are often excluded from roles involving greater levels of social interaction.

An employer has successfully sought an exemption from anti-discrimination laws to hire only female candidates for a trainee program.

Employee complaints about being overlooked for roles in favour of external talent has led global tech firm Oracle to add a team of internal recruiters who just target existing staff.