Having accepted that many employees do their best 'focused' work at home, leading organisations are now recasting their workspaces as hubs for collaboration and socialisation, a specialist says.
A new breed of workforce strategists is emerging as organisations look more closely at their 'job architecture' ahead of major workforce transformations, according to specialists at Deloitte and Allegis Global Solutions.
The week's biggest HR stories cover: emerging areas in HR tech; $25k damages for vicarious liability; pandemic entitlements confusion; an employer's workplace wellbeing overhaul; and more.
There is "understandable" confusion about pandemic leave among employers, a lawyer says. Also in this article: an update on JobKeeper changes currently before Parliament, and more.
A 'whole self' approach to wellbeing and communication has enabled an award-winning health employer to 'reinvent' the culture that typifies its industry.
Platforms that allow organisations to build a "corporate memory" of their former employees are the next big area to watch in HR technology, an expert says.
An employer and director that blocked an employee's return to work after the birth of her child have been ordered to pay thousands in pecuniary penalties and compensation.
An employee has failed to claim he was unfairly dismissed for coughing in a nurse's face while she took his temperature. Meanwhile "legacy" JobKeeper employers will retain some stand down flexibilities under proposed changes to the scheme.
Most organisations in Australia are making steady progress towards gender equality at work, new Mercer research shows. Also in this article: where diversity and inclusion practices are still falling down.
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.
