Archived News for Human Resource Professionals
Some may be wondering what happened to a budding movement from a few months ago, when it appeared there would be a push to set up a federal corruption watchdog.
Backroom deals run deep at Living Victoria
An ombudsmen’s report has detailed the dodgy practices at a state government water authority.
Bins fed well in Australian food-waste binge
The humble household is a major source of wasted food, with millions of tonnes ditched in Australia each year.
Technological edge taken for human handling
Tech firm IBM is programming its way to more efficient HR.
Estimates is the place for most vile verbiage
A legal quirk has allowed a top-ranking public servant to refer to a Fairfax journalist as a “bottom feeder”.
Strikes could stop export billions
Strikes will put one major resource port out of operation, but similar action has been avoided at another.
BHP could fight to avoid cancer bill
Mining giant BHP Billiton has been ordered to pay the biggest asbestos exposure settlement in Australian history, but it may not play ball.
Damning data cover-up shows silent human rights
Groups representing virtually all of the Australian medical community say that the health issues affecting asylum seeker children are out of hand.
Splits settled better than most expect
It’s a standard stereotype – long-term couples break up an are embroiled for years in bitter battles over houses and property, but new data says this may be a myth.
Deep digging for union details piled on public sector
There are concerns this week that the Royal Commission into unions is heaping more work onto public servants.
Leaks continue as Government's gag bagged
The media has been banned from reporting on a case that the fugitive Julian Assange calls “an embarrassing corruption scandal involving the Australian government”.
Coal cooling as green commodities soar
Just days after the Federal Government’s approval of a massive new coal mine, it looks like rough times ahead for the classic source of fuel.
Aurizon to improve staff with modern management
Aurizon has pledged to double its female staff numbers within five years.
Jail for years of invoice swindling
An office worker has been jailed for stealing $4.5 million from a major transport firm.
Transport fibs and political digs in new union claims
The Transport Workers Union may have been caught in a power-grabbing rort, after it was revealed that the union had bodged its numbers to get more sway in the Labor Party.
Back to work at Barangaroo but issues still fester
More than 1000 workers will go back to work after strike action at Sydney’s Barangaroo construction site, but it is unclear whether it will be on their terms or by court order.
Experts to extras outsourced in Telstra's Indian shift
Telstra is planning to cut more than 650 jobs in Australia, the latest in thousands of job losses from the local telecom in the last two years.
Minds re-tooled against mining decline
Some engineering companies are bucking the economic trend, taking on more people despite the end of the mining construction boom flooding the market.
Big pay just one factor in push to the bush
A new report says it will take more than financial inducement to get many professionals to ply their trade in rural areas.
Welfare withheld to trounce truancy in more towns
The Federal Government has extended a program which suspends welfare payments for NT parents whose children fail to attend school.
Council women urged to jump the gender divide
Women need to put up their hands to run in local government elections, a forum this week has heard.