Archived News for Human Resource Professionals
Reports say Brisbane City Council (BCC) signed a multi-million-dollar contract to sell city parkland to major donor to the Liberal National Party.
Bullying claim to see schools in court
A teenager is suing the Victorian Education Department after alleged homophobic bullying left him suicidal.
More broad PS strikes planned
Union workers across areas including Medicare, Centrelink, Child Support, the Tax Office, the Bureau of Meteorology, the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Bureau of Statistics are going on strike again.
PM's people shoot down pay deal
Staff in Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s own department have emphatically rejected the latest enterprise agreement.
Push to link MP and PS pay
Tasmania’s public sector union says it would accept a proposed pay rise for politicians, if they support pay rises for government workers.
CEOs scot-free after scandals
The chiefs companies hit with serious lawsuits often end up with a better reputation.
Murkiness surfaces in WA water deal
The WA Opposition says taxpayers have been ripped off by the $10.4 million sale of a division of the Water Corporation.
Silo study finds separate benefits
There is a big push to break down the ‘silos’ in science, but new research suggests it is possible to go too far.
Unions move to form mega-front
Two of Australia’s largest and most powerful unions are one step closer to merging.
Leaks speak of huge lag on NBN
The National Broadband Network (NBN) is not going to meet its rollout targets, according to a leaked report.
Major industries must move with machines
As robots take on more human abilities, a new report on the future of the workforce has been released.
Reports start after staff caught snooping
South Australian Health Minister Jack Snelling has unveiled a range of changes in response to health staff caught snooping on patient records.
Anti-Safe-Schools brigade growing
The Prime Minister is under more pressure from the Neolithic faction of the LNP.
Final years campaign maintained
The Australian Education Union is ramping up its efforts to secure needs-based school funding.
Drones, subs and billions more in Defence paper
Australia will spend nearly $30 billion on new planes, submarines, soldiers and other military matters after the release of the Defence White Paper today.
Pyne won't wind back anti-council claims
The Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) says state MP Rob Pyne is using Parliamentary privilege to wage a personal campaign against local councils.
Weather-heads reject sub-par pay
Staff at the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) have become the latest to reject a bargaining agreement that their union says is framed by the Government’s “harsh and unworkable public sector bargaining policy”.
Gender-productivity link highlighted
Research suggests the number of work-family programs at an organisation is linked to higher productivity and earnings.
Science cuts starting to get stupid
Labor, Greens and independent politicians have gathered to stop the latest attack on Australian science.