An employer that failed to follow its own work-from-home procedures and provide a remote worker with adequate supervision and feedback has been found liable for her psychological injury. » more »
Promoting telework as a workplace benefit for high performers, rather than making it standard practice, can be "detrimental" to business outcomes, a specialist warns. » more »
An organisation that has 85 per cent of its employees working flexibly says allowing arrangements to change as the business does has been key to its success. » more »
The Fair Work Commission's decision to have all modern awards allow for casual-to-permanent conversion requests should prompt employers to rethink how they monitor their employees' hours, specialists say. » more »
Employers "still have a long way to go" in embracing flexible work arrangements, with one in two employees saying leaders lack the skills to support flexibility, according to research released as part of Flexible Working Day today. Meanwhile, an investigation has uncovered nepotism "so blatant as to beggar belief", and 'development opportunities' is now one of the top reasons employees will leave their current job. » more »
Taking employees' biorhythms into account when organising work could be "the next step" for HR in fostering healthier, safer, and more productive workplaces, an academic says. » more »
Employees in shared work environments perceive lower levels of support from their supervisors and report more distrust and uncooperative behaviour, researchers have found. » more »
Westpac has achieved a massive shift in its people leaders' attitudes to flexible work by having them start from a place of 'yes' when asked about flexible arrangements, an HR leader says. » more »
Governments and employers need to 'radically rethink' what work-life balance looks like, and shorter work weeks or days might be the answer, Greens Senator Richard Di Natale says. » more »
The rise of the gig economy means HR managers will have to increasingly manage casual, contract and part-time employees juggling multiple jobs, but these workers are likely to be more productive than their colleagues, according to an engagement expert. » more »
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