Employment Legislation
What will Labor’s proposed reforms to the Fair Work Act mean for Australian contractors and gig workers?
During their election campaign, the Labour Party, among other things, endorsed a pay boost for low-paid workers.
Workplace
Workplace
AU Election 2022
Australia’s jobless rate is at its lowest in nearly 50 years, working hours up 1.3% in April
The ABS reported that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for April 2022 was 3.9 per cent.
Workplace
Job ad listings are rising, but so are skill shortages: SEEK
Australia maintained its three-month streak of record-breaking job ad numbers, but employers are still struggling to fill those positions.
Workplace
Why SMEs can’t fit employees back into a 2019-shaped box
Organisations cannot take a rigid approach to the return to work, nor can they forget the lessons of the previous two to three years, writes Jeremy
Education | Training
How micro-credentials can help close the skills gap for good
Micro-credentials are flexible, adaptable, and often can be completed in a chosen time frame. They benefit both employers and employees.
Workplace
SEEK records highest number of job ads for third month in a row
Employment marketplace SEEK has recorded the most job listings on its website in its 25-year history for the third month in a row.
Advice
Yin to your yang: Three tips to find the ideal business partner
Business partnerships form for a variety of reasons, and there is no magic formula for success, writes Ben Lipschitz.
Education | Training
Bridging the Gap: Online education platform to address funding shortfall for women
EducatEd provides online courses tailored to female founders and investors, to assist them in obtaining capital.
Workplace
Ensuring business success in the future of work
The future of work is project-based, writes Ben Been
Workplace
Please don’t go: How improved onboarding can encourage new hires to stick around for longer
A streamlined induction process that helps new hires feel welcome may do wonders for your attrition rate in today’s tight labour market.
Workplace
Growing With The Gig Economy: How to Navigate the Casualised Workforce
How to Navigate the Casualised Workforce While Growing With The Gig Economy
HR
Turning to tech could be your remedy to the Great Resignation
Can leveraging AI help businesses resist the Great Resignation, which continues to disrupt businesses?
Workplace
5 tips on welcoming teams back to the office
As things begin to look up and cases go down, many offices are opening their doors once again to employees. Here are tips to ease the transition.
Work Health | Safety
Health versus Career: The unsolved dilemma women face at work
We asked female entrepreneurs to share their thoughts on menstruation and pregnancy-related workplace bias.
Workplace
Beating the Bias: The Glass Ceiling effect and its impact on women in the workplace
We asked women entrepreneurs to share their perspectives on the less-discussed workplace challenges
Workplace
Three ways CIOs can help alleviate the effects of persisting labour shortages
Businesses across all major industries are concerned about retaining talent.
Workplace
Onboard to impress: How you onboard executives will be critical to their retention in 2022
Dr. Ty Wiggins explains how an evolved onboarding process could be the most powerful weapon in organisations’ war for talent in 2022.
Advice
The New Consumer: Is your business ready for Generation Alpha?
How can businesses create effective communication streams to cater for their future customer’s ever-changing digital behaviour?
Leadership
Five secrets of successful leadership
Christa Quarles has compiled a list of five things that aspiring leaders should incorporate into their game plan right away. Game on!
Recruitment
Two-thirds of Australian businesses to recruit permanent international talent this year
With international borders now open, it seems a majority of Australian businesses are keener than ever to hire international talent on a permanent basis.