Tag: HR

The New Year is upon us, which means now’s the time to plan for people management success in 2012. Here’s 10 tips for ensuring HR success this year, from a team of people management experts.

The majority of managers believe new work health and safety (WHS) laws due to come into force in January 2012 will have a positive impact on their business, a new survey has found.

The local workplace will be continually redefined over the next 12 months as demographics, legislation and technology continue to evolve, and HR experts warn employers need to be flexible to employee needs.

Working with employees to promote their wellbeing in the workplace helps to get the most from workers to benefit your business.

New research has shown that Australian employees are more likely to ‘chuck a sickie’ because of poor management.

Remember that fight two of your employees had that wasn’t fully resolved? It could be the cause of absenteeism, bullying and harassment in your business.

Brad Callaughan blogs about creating a positive work environment for the benefit of your business.

“Your business is only as successful as its staff, therefore, it is of utmost importance that you develop a positive work culture in your business.”

A quarter of Australians believe employers favour men over women for leadership roles in the workplace, a new Randstad survey has found.

A third (33%) of Australian employees say that they are comfortable being ‘friends’ with their boss on social networks, according to the latest Workplace Survey from the specialist finance and accounting recruitment firm Robert Half International.

Scott Wesley of Chandler Macleod Recruitment blogs about demographic profiling and social media as part of the recruitment process.

“Think laterally for a moment – we already have the technologies that can predict how potential employees will behave in a given work environment. So why can’t we map the workplace behaviours of key performers back to their use of the digital environment?”