Cough, cough: Why Australia Day is a favourite for pulling sickies
Roughly 200,000 Australian workers have sickies on Australia Day and other public holidays, so what can and should employers do?
At wattsnext we are regularly asked about the best bonus or incentive program to implement within a business.
Nine out of ten questions …
The most common question I am asked as chief executive and founder of HR consulting firm wattsnext is ‘how do I increase performance in my…
An air conditioning installation business in Queensland has come under fire for a sexist job advertisement posted on Gumtree, which also off…
Michael Page Recruitment has been forced to apologise and launch an internal company investigation, after a group of Melbourne recruiters th…
Small and medium businesses could save as much as $100,000 over five years due if they tackle absenteeism that is caused by unhealthy, inact…
Facebook will offer four months of paid parental leave for all full-time employees in a bid to support new parents and make the social me…
Malcolm Turnbull has made innovation a key focus of his government’s agenda and the Prime Minister is even applying that approach to hi…
Dear Aunty B, I work for a digital marketing agency as one of the sales managers and last week we were told at a team meeting there will be…
Rudeness is as contagious in a workplace as a head cold, according to a recent psychology study published in the US. Researchers from the…
If Daniel Pink had his way, businesses would do away with the practice of only reviewing an employee’s performance once a year. Accordi…
It’s a policy favoured by Virgin founder Richard Branson, but Haje Jan Kamps, chief executive of UK photography equipment business Trig…
