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Key HR topics for 2018 – is your organisation prepared?

What are the key HR topics for 2018? Well-being and workplace culture have been at the forefront of the HR landscape for a number of years and will continue to grow…

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End of Year Work Parties – Golden Rules for Employers

Investigation reports complied by iHR Australia’s investigators show that end of year work parties  increase the risk of inappropriate behaviour. End of year functions are an important event to celebrate and…

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Lack of Training Heightening Legal Risk for Australian Organisations

iHR Australia’s analysis of the workplace investigations it conducts indicates that untrained managers remain a high compliance risk factor for organisations.  Managers promoted without the skills to lead and manage…

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Stepping Up – Developing Effective Frontline Managers to Drive Results

A 2010 survey conducted by McKinsey in the US revealed that nearly 70% of senior executives are only ‘somewhat satisfied’ or ‘not at all satisfied’ with the performance of their…

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R U OK? The question you need to be asking your team members

Yesterday Australians asked each other the question “R U OK?” as part of the national initiative to draw awareness to the challenging and complex areas of mental health and suicide.…

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Managing Mental Ill Health in the Workplace

The following professional, but not legal, advice about mental ill health in the workplace is provided for your consideration:   1. What is mental health and what is mental ill…

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Commissioner Lucy Brogden asks Organisations to go ‘Beyond Yoga and Fruit Bowls’

Commissioner of the National Mental Health Commission Lucy Brogden addressed Senior HR and Business Executives as keynote speaker and panelist at iHR Australia’s Executive Luncheon in Melbourne on Friday. Held…

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Workplace Culture Ultimately Underpins Reducing the Risk of Litigation

Preventing and managing inappropriate workplace behaviour isn’t as simple as writing a policy and having an open door towards employee complaints. A proactive approach by managers and leaders is required…

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Inadequate Disciplinary Policies Risk to all Australian Organisations

The Fair Work Commission has called on employers to introduce a greater range of disciplinary options like fines and unpaid suspensions into agreements to avoid “inappropriately lenient or inappropriately harsh”…

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