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Your Step-by-Step Guide To Performance Management
Are your efforts at performance management received with hostility or defensiveness? If you’re a manager or a supervisor you might find reviewing and managing the performance of your staff to…
The ins and outs of employment contracts – why they are more than just best practice
Employment contracts are more than just best practice. They also establish a set of rights and obligations that employers and employees agree to uphold. Clauses restricting an employee’s options when…
Your role in culture management
Culture often starts at the top, with CEOs and others in leadership roles setting the tone. As HR professionals, however, it’s often up to us to oversee and influence our…
Downloading adult content at work: a cut and dried example of misconduct?
A recent ruling by the Fair Work Commission that involved an employee downloading pornography at the office, has illustrated how important it is to develop a clear workplace code of…
Six-figure lesson in workplace relations rights and responsibilities: Does your company have its ducks in a row?
A recent Australian legal case has demonstrated the primary responsibility employers have in ensuring all staff-management protocols abide by workplace relations laws. A former supermarket employee was awarded over…
Should leadership bonuses be tied to mental health in the workplace?
Beyondblue chairman Jeff Kennett believes so, as he calls for leadership bonuses to be tied to mental health in the workplace. Mental illness in the workplace present unique challenges that…
Sacking of union “big fish” signifies blow against culture of workplace bullying and intimidation: How to ensure your workplace culture does not become toxic.
The Fair Work Commission has upheld a major stevedore’s sacking of a self-proclaimed “big fish” unionist and equipment controller for bullying two colleagues who stepped outside a worker-maintained “system of…
Swift sacking of abusive “burnout” hoon backed by Fair Work Commission: when it is okay to sack someone?
Given that dismissal of an employee is not always straightforward, and subject to appeal under unfair or unlawful dismissal laws, the question “when is it okay to sack someone?” is…
How a Strong Workplace Culture Can Underpin Motivation of Employees Returning After the Summer Break
The summer break is something most of us look forward to. However, the break can certainly have both positive and negative effects on employee motivation and productivity. Some employees return…
How a strong workplace culture can prevent unnecessary absenteeism
Companies with poor workplace cultures often experience high levels of absenteeism, including sick leave. Many employers and managers would have noted a staff member taking what appears to be more…
The New Year’s Key Workplace Challenges
What HR and management professionals must consider going into 2017 The world is not all that predictable right now. Politically speaking there is an elephant in the room, which…
How “conflict competency” skills help to resolve workplace conflicts more effectively
A recent article in HR Monthly online discussed how to stop workplace conflicts before there was an “irretrievable breakdown” in the relationship between the parties involved. The article calls for…
