Good communication to employees about pay and rewards can provide the same - and more - benefits to employers as actually increasing pay levels, new research shows.
Encouraging employees to work together, yet basing rewards on individual performance, can compromise their ability to work as a team, according to research conducted by Melbourne Business School professor Karen Jehn.
When employees' pay is reviewed, line managers tend to take credit for favourable decisions but "blame HR" for the not-so-good ones, says Hewitt Associates senior remuneration consultant Jean Hanna.
Organisations in the process of updating employment contracts need to be aware of six potential traps that could land them in legal trouble, say Kemp Strang employment lawyers.
Public companies will be required to set targets for and report on the proportion of women employed on their boards, in senior management positions and throughout the whole organisation, under proposed changes to corporate governance rules.
Using incentives to motivate employees and boost their productivity is outmoded, according to author Dan Pink, who says it's time to employ three new motivators: autonomy, mastery and purpose.
Almost nine in ten employers in Australia and New Zealand have established flexible work practices, but many admit their employees are unaware of the benefits - and less than half are using them to attract new candidates, a Rubicor survey has found.
Executives say that they value work/life balance over any other employment factor, but the single biggest reason why they will change jobs is for more money, according to new research.
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.
