The Australian Services Union hopes to raise the pay of community services workers by up to 30 per cent, in Fair Work Australia's first pay-equity test case.
RUOK?Arvo is on Friday November 27, 2009 and is dedicated to reducing stress and depression in the workplace by encouraging work mates to connect and support each other. Ultimately the aim is to help reduce Australia's shockingly high suicide rate.
An employer has successfully argued that the importance of its brand and reputation as a responsible producer of alcoholic beverages entitled it to sack a worker who was caught drink-driving his private car outside of work hours.
Ask any corporate human resource professional, and they will tell you that they wear many hats from recruiting, to referee, operations expert, legal counsel, trainer, and now branding, public relations, and marketing experts...
To avoid being left with poor performers, employers must take stock now of the valuable talent likely to jump ship when the employment market picks up, says the national director of psychometric consulting company SHL, Stephanie Christopher.
An employer group survey of 500 Australian CEOs exposes plans for more training-budget cuts over the next year, which will exacerbate the skills shortage, it says.
More than half of Australian employees would accept working fewer hours in their next job if it offered greater stability, and nearly two in five would take a pay cut, a national survey has found.
Some employers have successfully stepped up to the task of managing psychosocial safety, but in many other workplaces, initiatives are falling flat. Join us for an HR Daily webinar to understand what's holding back progress in this critical space and how to move forward.
