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Commission backs employer in WFH dispute - HR Leader
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (502+ words) SHARE THIS ARTICLE share Created with Sketch Beta. A payroll officer and primary carer of two young children challenged his employer's refusal to let him work from home for two days a week. Fair Work commissioner Alana Matheson has sided…...
The talent paradox reshaping the financial services sector - HR Leader
20+ hour, 3+ min ago (558+ words) SHARE THIS ARTICLE share Created with Sketch Beta. Australian financial services organisations are at a crossroads, writes Sara Kahlau. On one hand, businesses are under pressure to cut costs, streamline teams, and deliver clear efficiency gains as AI and automation…...
How the cost-of-living crisis is killing Gen Z career ambitions - HR Leader
19+ hour, 59+ min ago (623+ words) SHARE THIS ARTICLE share Created with Sketch Beta. Driven by mounting cost-of-living pressures, research has found that half of young Australians are prioritising financial stability over personal passion, a shift that career experts warn could lead to long-term burnout and…...
Job mobility hits new lows, research finds - HR Leader
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (613+ words) SHARE THIS ARTICLE share Created with Sketch Beta. Economic uncertainty is prompting employees to stay in their current roles, driving down job mobility and offer acceptance rates. In late 2025, technology insights company Gartner surveyed 3, 072 employees and found that 30 per cent…...
The impacts of Woolworths" offshoring proposal
2+ week, 3+ day ago (515+ words) SHARE THIS ARTICLE share Created with Sketch Beta. The supermarket chain plans to remove complexity, increase productivity, and drive efficiency through its proposal to offshore its corporate roles. Despite this, in its supermarkets inquiry final report published 21 March 2025, the Australian…...
Workforce engagement "more important now than ever before" in changing bargaining landscape - HR Leader
3+ week, 3+ day ago (425+ words) SHARE THIS ARTICLE share Created with Sketch Beta. On a recent episode of The HR Leader Podcast, Brad Popple, partner at Kingston Reid, discussed how Australia's industrial relations landscape had evolved following a series of major workplace reforms introduced since…...
Strong deterrent needed: Underpaying director who lacked contrition hit with a $35k fine - HR Leader
3+ week, 6+ day ago (421+ words) SHARE THIS ARTICLE share Created with Sketch Beta. In what the Fair Work Ombudsman deemed a deliberate and "blatant flouting of workplace laws, a director has been handed a nearly $36, 000 penalty and ordered to personally repay nearly $150, 000 in deliberate underpayments…...
Hiring mistakes cost SMEs billions of dollars, research shows - HR Leader
1+ mon, 18+ hour ago (424+ words) SHARE THIS ARTICLE share Created with Sketch Beta. New data from SEEK has revealed that hiring the wrong person could be costing Australian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) an estimated $7. 3 billion per year. Making up 97 per cent of all businesses…...
The right way to handle redundancy
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (576+ words) SHARE THIS ARTICLE share Created with Sketch Beta. As AI continues to bite into the employment market and employee mobility fluctuates, businesses that handle the process smoothly are also more protected from claims and regulatory risks, one legal expert has…...
The impact of Gen Z values in the workplace
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (612+ words) SHARE THIS ARTICLE share Created with Sketch Beta. The cost of living, housing affordability, and overall financial situations are steering younger workers away from traditional goals. In its 2026 Gen Z and Millennial Survey, Deloitte identified how Gen Z and Millennials…...