Further changes to the Fair Work Act are now in effect, following the Closing Loopholes Bill's passage late last year. Watch this short Q&A to ensure your organisation complies with its new obligations.
Congruency between expectations and experience, throughout the entire employee lifecycle, is the most critical factor in whether an EVP will be considered "successful". Meanwhile "some disconnects exist" between what employees now desire in a physical workplace and what employers are providing.
Amendments to the Closing Loopholes Bill have been "hurriedly prepared" and "do little to allay a raft of significant and growing employer concerns", critics say.
Requiring an employee to be in the office for 40% of his work hours was reasonable, the Fair Work Commission has found in upholding the rejection of his flexible work request.
The "sheer volume of anti-discrimination legislation" is creating a pain point for employers trying to stay across their obligations, according to Ai Group's director of workplace relations policy.
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 businesses are in "a really risky situation at the moment", with new research showing the leading indicators of employee experience are stagnating or declining.
Some employers have successfully stepped up to the task of managing psychosocial safety, but in many other workplaces, initiatives are falling flat. Join us for an HR Daily webinar to understand what's holding back progress in this critical space and how to move forward.
