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.
Two related companies and a director, who sexually harassed multiple young employees, have been convicted and fined a total of $290k. Meanwhile the Federal Government is reportedly rolling back some casual reforms in the Closing Loopholes Bill.
Costly legal disputes continue to highlight the many risks employers face when managing, disciplining, or dismissing employees while they are absent, injured or incapacitated. Attend this webinar for an up-to-date review of the legal framework applying to workplace absenteeism, injury and incapacity, and lessons from recent case law.
