In this podcast, hear Right Management senior consultant Colin Couzin-Wood share six key findings from a 2012 employee engagement benchmarking study, along with calls to action for HR professionals.
The productivity and collaboration benefits of mobile working are clear, but HR will need to work with other workplace departments to ensure they aren't inhibited by "bring your own device" issues, a briefing heard yesterday.
A senior corrections officer who was dismissed following his third domestic violence conviction has been reinstated, after a tribunal found an insufficient connection between his out-of-hours conduct and his job.
HR professionals should provide oversight and advice about position descriptions, but managers should ultimately "own" them, says HR consultant Michael Sleap.
HR professionals should play a "quality control" role in overseeing position descriptions, providing advice and support to managers and their employees.
In this webcast Right Management principal consultant Michael Sleap outlines:
the characteristics of great position descriptions;
the benefits of using position descriptions;
the costs and risks of not having position descriptions;
Application of the laws covering "ownership" of social media contacts is still in its infancy, but the case law to date sheds light on some of the factors that can determine what rights an employer has to the information, says HR Daily Community blogger Kristin Duff.
One vital element of effective performance management is largely ignored by organisations, perhaps explaining why so many struggle to achieve a high-performance culture, says University of Canberra Professor Deborah Blackman.
Monitoring and measuring the impact of work-life balance strategies has been a key factor in retaining and broadening support for them, says ABC's manager of diversity, Chrissie Tucker.
A survey of 750 job seekers in Australia and New Zealand has found four in five have declined a job offer in the past, but less than half did so due to a better offer from another employer.
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.
