Browsing: Remuneration, benefits & recognition (433 items)

Google now offers its employees reimbursements for a range of family-building expenses, and "unlimited" parental support from specialists, in an expansion of its wider benefits package.

An HR professional has been fined more than $100k, amid more than $4 million in penalties handed down after a "deliberate" scheme to deprive workers of their entitlements.

An employer has been chastised for telling part-time employees they could only bid for additional shifts by signing individual flexibility agreements that waived their right to overtime.

Most men want to understand and address the gender pay gap and other inequality issues, according to an advocate with tips for turning more employees into "male allies" at work.

Changes are needed to the "basic architecture" of the National Employment Standards and working time provisions in modern awards to better support working carers, a literature review has found.

Employers with a better gender split of managers and senior leaders are far less likely to have a big gender pay gap, WGEA data shows.

Today's reveal of employers' pay gap data highlights which industries have the furthest to go on improving their gender equality.

Adopting a "crisis communications mindset" ahead of next week's release of gender pay gap data will help all reporting employers, even if they're proud of their results, a communications expert says.

• Pay gap communication will matter almost as much as the data
  
• Flexible work arrangements the most valued workplace benefit
  
• Employees want their financial wellbeing to be a top priority

New research shows workers who switch jobs voluntarily can expect an average pay increase of 9%, but despite a "record-setting labour market", Australia's rate of job-switching has only recently surpassed its pre-pandemic level.