Revelations of misconduct emerging from the banking and finance Royal Commission underline the need for all employers to overhaul their approach to setting performance targets, according to a corporate governance expert.
A workplace culture overhaul, wide-ranging suite of employee benefits and new workspace have helped Bpay win almost unanimous support for its latest EA and achieve a Best Employer accolade.
An organisation's exponential growth over the past four years can be attributed to its globally consistent workplace culture and employee benefits, its head of HR says.
Many organisations still aren't taking steps to address their gender pay gap, despite clear links to better company performance, employee engagement and retention, a rewards and benefits expert says.
Employers that fail to manage pay equity will see reduced employee trust in leadership, lower employee engagement, increased turnover, and poorer business performance overall. In this webcast, a rewards and benefits expert discusses how to identify and quantify pay gaps, formulate an action plan to address them, and more.
Employers will welcome the focus on jobs-related investment in this year's Federal Budget, but exactly where will the specialist talent for targeted professional fields come from?
Employers are often so focused on their attraction efforts when hiring a new executive that they overlook comprehensive discussions about contract terms, leading to confusion and legal disputes down the track, an employment lawyer warns.
An employer that told a worker his change in duties was "non-negotiable" has failed in its bid to avoid liability for his psychological injury. Also in this article, an employer is replacing its wordy employment contracts with cartoons; new-hire pay rates are increasing; and Australia's most LGBTI-inclusive leaders are named.
Discretionary bonus schemes can be fraught with risk if their terms aren't both clearly set out in contracts and understood by employees, a workplace lawyer warns.
General protections claims are the fastest-growing category of applications in the Fair Work Commission, with reforms now underway to stem the tide. This webinar will discuss important developments in both procedural issues and case law.
