Early conversations about retirement can benefit both employers and employees, but they require a high degree of sensitivity and caution, a workplace lawyer says.
Employers might benefit from HR professionals being more "brutally honest" with managers about how they're perceived at work, a leadership consultant says.
On the HR Daily Community this week, members are discussing workplace investigation mistakes, how to choose the best learning management system, and more.
In this webcast, an expert outlines tips for framing allegations and assessing witness credibility, and much more. See a brief outline of the event here.
Employees can't rely on a lack of social media training to defend online comments that they "would not dream of" making face-to-face, a Fair Work Commissioner has said in upholding a supervisor's dismissal as fair.
It is often said that "when a person transitions, everyone around them transitions as well" - with this in mind IBM has launched a workplace guide to gender transitions. Also in this article, a transgender employee explains why flexibility is critical for transitioning workers.
New research suggests that rather than self-selecting jobs they can perform independently, gay and lesbian employees are often excluded from roles involving greater levels of social interaction.
An employer's EA application has failed after it provided "bland" award comparisons; how childcare subsidy changes affect working parents; research outlines the workplace's role in reducing mental illness; and more.
Performance-driven work cultures require a three-tiered approach to be successful, but leaders tend to focus most on the least important aspect, according to an HR analyst.
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.
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.
