Archived News for Human Resource Professionals
Recruitment giant Hays has issued a blunt message to the hordes of job seekers out in the Australian market: Keep your message relevant.
Confidence slumps as conditions deteriorate finds report
Business confidence has taken a battering over the past month, with conditions remaining very difficult and the tentative signs of a return to form all but drying up.
Mental health expenditure tops $28.6 billion
Annual spending on mental health has topped $28.6 billion, according to a new report released by health insurance company Medibank.
Unemployment at 5.5 per cent
Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was estimated at 5.5 per cent in April, as announced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today.
ABS finds worrying jobless rate
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures released today show that 11 per cent of families with dependants in June 2012 had no one in the family who was working.
Queensland to define worker
The Queensland Government has tabled legislation before the State Parliament that will provide a clear cut definition of ‘worker’ for the purposes of workers’ compensation.
WorkCover premium drops 7.5 per cent
The New South Wales Government has announced that the state’s average WorkCover premium has fallen by 7.5 per cent.
beyondblue launches anxiety campaign
National mental health organisation beyondblue has launched a new anti-anxiety campaign aimed at combating the disorder which affects over 2 million Australians.
One-in-four employees short changed over extra hours
In November 2012, one in four employees who usually worked extra hours or overtime were not compensated for doing so, according to an Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) report released today.
Government moves to make Comcare best practice
The Federal Government has outlined new plans that it says will make the national workplace health and safety regulator best practice.
Government pledges to improve worker rehabilitation
The Federal Government has outlined its response to the recent Review of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988, with Minister for Workplace Relations saying the Government has prioritised 21 recommendations of the report.
HSBC Chair weighs in on gender equality
HSBC Australia’s Chairman, Graham Bradley, has delivered publically called for Australian companies to do more in ensuring women have opportunities to occupy top jobs in Australia.
Government appoints Services Leaders Group
A number of top executives from the nation’s business, unions and research community have been appointed to the Australian Government’s Services Leaders Group, with the mandate to provide expert advice on enhancing the international competitiveness of Australia’s services sector.
Hays releases hot jobs for Q2 2013
International recruitment specialist Hays has released the top ‘hot jobs’ for the second quarter of 2013, finding that insurance professionals, childcare staff and energy workers are among some of the most in demand skill sets.
Queensland promises IR transparency
The Queensland Government has announced new industrial relations laws which it says will introduce much needed transparency for the sector.
Top five reasons Aussie employees walk
As an employer or HR manager, it’s a sad, but often inevitable, fact that an employee will hand in their resignations over course of your career.
What men and women want
As an employer it can sometimes be difficult to appeal to as broader range of potential employees as possible; understanding just what people want in a job can be difficult and, at times, down right bewildering.
New memorial for those lost at work
Australians now have a memorial to pay tribute to those killed by workplace accidents or diseases, after the Federal Government officially unveiled the National Workers Memorial in Canberra earlier this week.
UQ to examine FIFO impacts
The social impacts of the emergent phenomenon of fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) work is set to be put under the research microscope after the University of Queensland announced a research initiative into the practice.
MBA blasts anti-457 campaign
Master Builders Australia has come out swinging at the Federal Government’s renewed campaign against apparent abuses of 457 working visas.
Commission tracks workforce evolution
The Productivity Commission has tracked the ever-changing nature of the Australian workforce, publishing a report into the different arrangements of employment over the 2001-11 period.