Nearly two-thirds of Australian business leaders are expecting a rise in employee activism, with pay inequalities and the cost of living predicted as the main drivers for negotiations, according to new research.
Australian employers raised median base salaries by 4% for existing employees in 2023, and in 2024 they're expecting to do the same, major remuneration research shows.
Two employees who breached their employment contracts by discussing a colleague's new salary have won maximum compensation for unfair dismissal, after the Fair Work Commission found their conduct was "not sufficiently serious".
An employee's role began as a "regular paid job, but soon changed to an exploitative nightmare", a tribunal has found in awarding her $85k in penalties.
EVPs are heading "increasingly towards experiences and transformation" as pay becomes less of a differentiator, Google's strategic advisor for people experience says.
The University of New South Wales is being prosecuted for Fair Work Act breaches, with the Fair Work Ombudsman alleging the employer's record-keeping was "so poor" that it couldn't properly investigate self-reported underpayments.
HR salaries have risen by only 2% on average this year, but pay is now at the forefront of professionals' decisions about changing roles, new research shows.
Getting people back to the office is challenging even for employers recognised as 'best places to work', according to a CEO who is experimenting with new ways to reconnect employees.
Redeployment offers do not need to be "identical" but rather "sufficiently comparable" to a redundant role, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in reducing an employee's redundancy payout by 50%.
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