Australia's work/work culture will create an "overload tsunami" and drive absenteeism through the roof unless its best "knowledge workers" are offered genuine flexibility, according to health and demography expert Dr Linda Duxbury.
Employers that fail to promote employee health and wellbeing in conjunction with retention and attraction strategies can expect up to 93 per cent of their workers to be disengaged, according to new international research.
Proper investigation of workplace incidents and complaints can help protect employers against legal claims by employees, but many HR managers lack the skills to conduct them. Here, an employment lawyer and former police investigator explains how they're done.
Leaders who believe they can cease efforts to keep employees engaged during the downturn risk damaging their company's financial performance, according to Gallup research.
Employers in the corporate world shouldn't assume they're immune to scandals such as the one facing the National Rugby League at the moment, and must be proactive about preventing incidents that could damage their brand and bottom line, says Learning Seat CEO Michael Solomon.
Gambling addiction is behind nearly half of all workplace fraud incidents, but employers keen to avoid them must treat the problem as an OHS issue, not a criminal one, says chair of the Gambling Impact Society, Kate Roberts.
Skilful conflict management is vital for exposing and acting on operational bottlenecks and for identifying and exploiting areas of expertise, according to Conflict Resolution Network's Helena Cornelius.
Employers that fail to take adequate measures to prevent the spread of disease should a swine flu pandemic take hold could find themselves in breach of OHS laws, says Deacons partner Michael Tooma.
Australian HR departments are struggling to meet the challenges created by recession-driven cost-cutting with fewer resources and less control over decision-making, a new study confirms.
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