Redeploying workers instead of cutting headcount during tough economic times can save your business millions of dollars in employment costs, according to Human Capital Management Solutions CEO, Trevor Vas.
Employers can quickly nip difficult and negative employee behaviour in the bud - while maintaining workplace harmony - by being "hard on the behaviour, but soft on the person", says New Zealand workplace consultant and psychologist, Dr Steven Saunders.
Employers should get ready to deal with trade union requests to disclose company information - and determine what they can keep confidential - before the first part of the Fair Work Act 2009 takes effect mid-year, says University of Adelaide Professor of Law, Andrew Stewart.
Of the 10 National Employment Standards the Federal Government aims to have commence next year, employers are most concerned by the least novel ones - those covering workplace flexibility and family responsibilities - new research shows.
Employers must be more vigilant than ever in developing and reinforcing anti-bullying policies in light of a significant spike in workplace bullying and harassment claims - many of them false, says Harmers Workplace Lawyers managing partner, Joydeep Hor.
Employers compelled to make employees redundant because of the economic downturn are still entitled to enforce restraint clauses, says Minter Ellison Lawyers partner, Gareth Jolly.
The Federal Government has urged employers to consider 20 "simple and inexpensive" family friendly initiatives, in launching its new flexibility funding program.
As economic conditions worsen, employers that cut back on supervision and communication face a growing risk of employee fraud, warns workplace relations lawyer Chris Molnar.
Business leaders are "short-sighted" about the harm employees can cause by going online to complain about their bosses and leak confidential information, according to the authors of a new survey.
Locking in fair pay and workplace policies, and removing unpleasant workplace factors are among the steps employers should take to minimise "sickies", according to an organisational psychologist.
