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Australian employers continue to rely too much on external recruitment to solve their leadership challenges, research shows. Also in this article: reference checks failing; new legislation regulating labour hire; FWO 'tip-offs'; and more.

Employee engagement and recruitment are the two main areas where organisations can expect technology and new ideas to significantly improve their employment practices and outcomes this year, a specialist says.

An organisation has begun using robots to perform process-based talent acquisition and HR tasks, saving its employees months of "very dull work".

Organisations that fail to prioritise digital HR are in "significant danger" of not adapting to change fast enough. Meanwhile, employers are being urged to ensure employment law compliance in light of proposed fines, and the S-x Discrimination Commissioner has released new details on her plans to address the pay gap and more.

The biggest threat to any organisation's cybersecurity is its people, meaning HR has a role to play in keeping systems and data safe, according to an expert in the field.

Personalised, automated L&D recommendations, learning modules delivered via mobile, and automated compliance reminders are just a few ways technology can make HR's role less hands-on and more strategic, experts say.

In less than a decade, permanent employment could be rare, with organisations instead seeking skills on a case-by-case basis, according to a futurist.

The performance management revolution, "explosion" of people analytics and new talent acquisition landscape are three areas set to be significantly disrupted by HR technology next year, Josh Bersin says.

Using 'machine learning' to determine high-performance benchmarks can predict the best candidates for a role with far better accuracy than a recruiter's instinct and traditional assessments, according to a cognitive neuroscientist.