Tag: HR

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?”

Adrienne Unkovich of Workforce Guardian blogs about the top 5 things you should be doing to meet your employer obligations in the lead up to EOFY.

“The Fair Work Ombudsman’s office makes no secret of its continuous education program and on-site inspections. However a visit from a Fair Work Inspector is rarely good news for any business.”

The commencement of the Fair Work Act (FWA) in 2009 brought with it the expansion of unfair dismissal rights to all employees, regardless of the size of the employer’s workforce. As a result, employers have to ensure that if they are considering dismissing an employee for non-performance, that they have appropriate performance management systems in place. This is just one of the reasons why performance management is back in fashion.

Employers should use the paid parental leave scheme as a prompt to review their other parental leave entitlements and obligations, says Lisa Berton, Employment Lawyer at Kemp Strang.

Arndria Seymour blogs about how to engage Generation Y through learning and development.

“Generation Y are the ‘connect me to everything’ learners. The ability to give them connection and meaning, search and explore or make it fun/entertain me is how they learn best.”