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“Hope you were okay” – HR and mental wellbeing at work
Limiting workplace discussions about mental health to a single day was never the point of R U OK? day. But for some organisations that's all it has become.
Do staff want money or meaning? Trick question, they want both
Research shows that employees don’t value compensation as highly as things like culture and values. But what does that mean exactly?
What will Foodora’s exit mean for Australia’s gig economy?
The food delivery company announced its departure, even as it has court cases outstanding. How will this impact the gig economy contractor/employee dispute?
Sitting is killing us, but standing is awkward
Our sedentary lifestyles are a global health hazard but social discomfort is preventing us from fixing the problem, new research says.
What Telstra shareholders heard when the CEO said “redundancies”
If HR is advising leaders, it needs to know how shareholders think. HRM looks at Telstra’s recent announcement of redundancies as a case study.
How saliva can reveal whether you have burnout
Stress and workplace burnout are huge costs for business, and are notoriously hard to detect and measure. But that might be changing – thanks to saliva.
The minimum wage increases, as big wage theft cases loom
Just as the Fair Work Commission agrees to raise the minimum wage, two companies have had massive wage theft suits filed against them.
Faking it? Conducting a cultural change under the spotlight
Negative publicity has forced these prominent organisations to undertake large cultural transformations. But are their efforts going to be effective?
AI projects can now talk convincingly, and do limited HR
AI can now have a seamless audio conversation, and enterprise AI is being tailor-made to take over HR tasks. HRM looks at the unveiling of several projects that could impact work.
3 things CEOs want from HR right now
HR should be looking to help the CEOs with change management, developing leaders for a digital world, and explaining the value of talent to shareholders.