Category: Employee Relation
Employee Relation
Handling intrusive job interview questions
By Kate Southam I’ve been shocked by some of the questions potential employers are asking during job interviews....
Employee Relation
Intrusive questions again
By Kate Southam People are writing to me again on the topic of "illegal" questions at job interviews....
Employee Relation
Nibbling from floor up delivers real change
By David Brewster and Gary Calwell Efforts to improve the modern workplace tend to come in large packages....
Employee Relation
Half a million compo after chair fall
By Pia Akerman. A business that provided an employee with a wheeled office chair on a tiled floor...
Employee Relation
Employers pay more for staff as skills...
By Jennifer Foreshew Companies are offering perks to retain talent, headhunting overseas and poaching from other industries. Technology...
Employee Relation
Loyal employees should be valued
By Miawling Lam Employees are no longer dispensable and should instead be treated as new customers. This bold...
Employee Relation
Legal risk to employers who impose shorter...
Kate Southam, Editor of CareerOne.com.au Employers must consult staff before introducing major cost saving options such as a...
Employee Relation
Push for 26 week parental leave
By Ewin Hannan Unions will back a "work and family” test case seeking paid leave for pregnancy, childbirth,...
Employee Relation
ACTU Congress to urge work law changes
By Ewan Hannan Unions will seek to have penalties for taking industrial action abolished, encourage the prosecution of...
Employee Relation
Phones run hot with work gripes
By Elizabeth Allen Unhappy workers and confused employers have flooded federal and state workplace ombudsmen with a record...