Australian finance professionals fleeing the UK downturn are returning to the "great unknown", with local skilled vacancies plunging to a 15-year low, according to a business-to-employee communications expert.
Businesses demanding more from their HR function should hire professionals who are "credible activists" and "have attitude", according to an international study.
Concealing a company's shaky financial position from employees during the economic downturn could be grounds for an unfair dismissal case should redundancies ensue, according to a workplace lawyer.
High individual and team morale - or a positive "work team climate" - underpinned by supportive, balanced leadership, is the key to preventing workplace-related psychological injuries, according to Health Service Australia's director of psychology, Dr Peter Cotton.
Australia is among the OECD countries least affected by the global economic crisis but should expect a modest increase in unemployment in 2009 and 2010, according to the Organisation's latest forecast.
Employees with children will for the first time have a legislated right to request flexibility in their work arrangements, while employers will have a countervailing right to refuse requests on "reasonable business grounds", if the federal government's new industrial relations bill becomes law.
Now is the wrong time to stop investing in people development and, according to human capital expert Anthony Sork, there are four compelling reasons why.
Women executives are more highly regarded than men for their ability to cope in a crisis, a survey has found, yet many women believe their chances of making headway in Australia's female-sparse executive arena will be further curtailed as the economy turns down.
Widespread ignorance within the HR industry about what constitutes "HR excellence" is largely to blame for its descent into a credibility crisis, according to a leading business academic.
Waiting until the New Year to announce planned redundancies can have a long-lasting negative effect on employee morale and a company's brand, warns executive consultant Leslie Alderman.
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