Posts tagged "workplace"

Employers have barely two weeks to prepare for the sunsetting of 'zombie' workplace agreements on December 7, the Fair Work Commission says, in a last-minute warning to workplaces still using agreements struck before 2010.

A Victorian boss and two related businesses have been fined a total of $290,000 in relation to sexual harassment in the workplace, marking the state's first conviction of its kind under workplace health and safety laws.

Tax accountants, architects, and waiters are among the professions to join the new-look skills priority list in 2023, as a storm of labour market shortages, training bottlenecks, and payroll constraints keep Australian businesses from acquiring the talent they need.

Qantas acted unlawfully when it outsourced 1,700 ground staff during COVID-19 lockdowns because it effectively prevented affected workers from taking industrial action, the High Court has ruled, in a decision which upholds two prior court decisions against the airline.

Australian workers see a strong work-life balance as the most desirable trait among employers, new research shows, suggesting small businesses may be able to woo employees with benefits not provided by their larger competitors.

Hall Chadwick’s workspace did not signify anything unique or different about the business — nothing that would make it stand out from any other accounting practice. Here's what it did.

Businesses reliant on more than 100,000 zombie agreements have been put on notice by the Fair Work Commission (FWC), thanks to a massive spreadsheet of employers whose ageing workplace agreements will automatically dissolve at the end of 2023.

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers kicked off the first Federal Parliamentary sitting week of 2023 by championing “values-based capitalism”, whe…

The federal government will next week introduce an industrial relations reform bill it hopes will drive wage growth and secure fairer working conditions.

After a young TikTok user went viral for sharing her office experience, an HR expert has warned viewers not to judge the "highlight reel".

The workplace is not a physical place anymore; it’s an environment in which people do their work and feel a certain way about it.

The traditional drivers of employee retention have transformed. How can we utilise these retention drivers to motivate a weary workforce?