HR professionals are in "the most extraordinary place right now" to shape how organisations operate, but first they must understand the trends changing the future of work, London Business School professor Lynda Gratton says.
Organisations should develop a "whole new HR strategy" to prepare for future work trends, starting with scrapping graduate internships and delaying retirement, leading HR expert Lynda Gratton says.
Employers must abandon divisional organisational structures and "for the sake of employees from all generations" take a task-based approach to work, a global generational expert says.
Changes in how and where people work will be "even more profound" in the next 40 years than they have been in the past four decades. Meanwhile, new research has found just one in five workers trust their manager; HR is the only field where women executives outnumber men; and more.
The Australian Human Rights Commission has suggested it should be easier for employees to pursue workplace discrimination claims in court, in a major report on age and disability discrimination.
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.
An employer's narrow focus on reasonable adjustments resulted in discrimination, a tribunal has found. Meanwhile, new research shows the "startling" difference between salaries of top-tier male and female managers; how Male Champions of Change organisations have progressed gender diversity; and what organisations are doing to counter expected skills gaps.
New reports urge employers not to fight Millennials' short tenures, and offer ways to improve work/life balance, and build a culture of recognition. Meanwhile Mercer has appointed a new diversity and inclusion leader.
Many employers believe they need to manage each generation differently in order to keep them all engaged and motivated, but according to Hay Group research, this is a myth.
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