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Casual employment slips as Australian SMBs turn cautious on hiring

Casual employment slips as Australian SMBs turn cautious on hiring

Data shows casual hiring at a 13-month low, even as South Australia bucks the national slowdown in job growth

Microshifting: How should employers respond?

New report finds employees are breaking down the traditional workday

Microshifting: How should employers respond?

Deloitte pays $21.5m to settle US DEI discrimination probe

Deloitte will pay US regulators $21.5 million after a probe found race- and sex-based hiring targets breached federal contractor rules

Deloitte pays $21.5m to settle US DEI discrimination probe

'Positive Feeling of Actual Apprehension': Court defines the threshold for reporting work

When must employers report suspected sexual assault incidents under workplace safety laws?

'Positive Feeling of Actual Apprehension': Court defines the threshold for reporting work

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Why HR keeps ending up back at the drawing board

Why HR keeps ending up back at the drawing board

HR and IT treat integration as tech work, leaving a costly gap in ownership and governance

Transformation

Workforce resistance puts AI transformation returns at risk

Workforce resistance puts AI transformation returns at risk

Only 29% of transformations consistently deliver expected value

Job hugging is masking a productivity crisis

Job hugging is masking a productivity crisis

Leadership consultancy chief Karlie Cremin says job hugging masks disengagement, ahead of her HRFest Australia session on workforce risk

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From Skill to Strategy: Embedding Storytelling at Scale

From Skill to Strategy: Embedding Storytelling at Scale

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Employment Law

Codes of conduct alone won't protect you, Swans scandal shows

HR and legal experts explain how positive duty and procedural fairness collide during live investigations like the Swans case

Fortescue stands down exec after sexual harassment backflip

The mining giant reverses course days after defending its choice to keep the unnamed executive working during the inquiry

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