Outsourcing and offshoring work can be an effective way to address local skills shortages, but handled poorly, it can result in legal disputes and costly brand damage. Watch this webcast to understand the key issues and risks in this space. » more »
Employers that want to make casual employees permanent should include new entitlement calculations in their considerations, an employment lawyer says. » more »
An employer that made a director's role redundant before she returned from maternity leave and after a flexible work request has been fined $52,000 for taking prohibited adverse action. » more »
Balancing the 'pain' of exiting employees and the 'gain' of building a future for those remaining is the most difficult task for HR during an organisational restructure, according to senior HR professionals at Toyota. » more »
A worker who claimed he didn't have the skills to perform duties he refused has lost his unfair dismissal claim after his employer appealed. Meanwhile, new research shows how to stop employees 'mentally resigning' from their jobs; the evolution of 'smart' workplaces; and how recognition efforts boost retention. » more »
An employer has been ordered to reinstate a worker it sacked for poor performance three weeks before he was due to receive a $150k redundancy payout. » more »
The Fair Work Commission has rejected that a worker facing redundancy should have received preference over a colleague for a "new" position, further clarifying employers' redeployment obligations. Meanwhile, research has found long hours and work-life balance aren't incompatible; employers should do more to address Millennials' anxiety; and more. » more »
HR skills are in demand across the board this quarter, a new report shows. In this article we also report on hiring trends in the IT and finance sectors; calls for tougher redundancy obligations; and how employers should address workplace psychosocial risks. » more »
An employee who was sacked for refusing to perform aspects of a role he'd been redeployed to has won reinstatement to a different position, with the Fair Work Commission finding he was "simply the wrong person for the job". » more »
A CEO's redundancy payment has been slashed by $2.5m after an appeal court found he forfeited it by failing to sign a deed of release, while another executive who was originally denied a severance payment has been awarded $375,000. » more »
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