Insights: People
Wage theft is now a criminal offence
The new laws will apply to employers who intentionally engage in conduct that results in the underpayment of their employees from January this year (2025) in Australia. APPLIES TO »
Helensburgh Coal Case: Key Points & Implications for Employers
WEEKLY INSIGHT Keep an eye out—2025 might see a shift in redeployment obligations The Helensburgh Coal Case has had significant implications for employment practices and redundancy procedures. Below, we summarise
Employees facing friction are 51% less likely to stay, with significantly lower mental wellbeing, engagement, and performance
WEEKLY INSIGHT Today, we want to dive into some insightful findings from Qualtrics’ sixth Employee Experience Trends report, which gathered perspectives from over 35,000 employees around the globe. Among these
10% of this year’s new hires are in positions that didn’t exist back in 2000
1. WEEKLY INSIGHT The 2025 Employment Shift to a Candidate-Scarce Market The number of candidates applying per job advertisement has decreased by 0.9% month-on-month for the first time in 2
Business Tool Box for Annual Shutdowns: Best Practise Reminders
1. WEEKLY INSIGHT The million dollar question – why do employees quit? Harvard Business Review: New research points to some surprising answers by Bob Moesta, Ethan Bernstein & Michael B. Horn.
Wage Theft at Chatime: Paying workers as little as $7.59 an hour
1. WEEKLY INSIGHT Bubble tea empire Chatime fined over $130,000 after underpaying vulnerable workers 2. HR/IR & LEADERSHIP Worker’s Death at Hofmann Engineering Leads to $567,000 Settlement “The court agreed
Australian’s hoard more than 160 million days of untaken annual leave
1. WEEKLY INSIGHT Employee Sentiment Index [Q3 2024] Australia July to September: Recent Elmo survey of >1,000 Aussie’s revealed compelling insights into leave patterns & burnout in our workforce. THE
Marvin HR News – 18 APR 24
Insight Benjamin Cohen, a university student in Sydney, was falsely accused of the Bondi Junction stabbings. Channel 7 News incorrectly named him the perpetrator, resulting in a defamation lawsuit against
The three pursuits that define our lives
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Candour & Communication – Critical to performing teams
Candour & Communication, when working together can be a very powerful tool for organisations.
They ensure clarity, efficiency and effectiveness. They can accelerate performance, provide agility and most importantly influence the way things are done.
The six core values of performing teams…
What is the secret to performing teams? What are the key ingredients to a successful team…in professional sport, organisations of all kind, even families? We are often asked this question
Four proven steps to manage conflict…
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