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Indigenous hiring isn’t a diversity box, it’s workforce strategy

Indigenous hiring isn’t a diversity box, it’s workforce strategy

Facing a skills shortage, employers should treat First Nations talent as core strategy, not diversity

The best career move might be the one you don’t make

A new book challenges conventional wisdom on job hopping and internal mobility, with lessons for HR on retaining talent

The best career move might be the one you don’t make

Lecturer sues HR publication over FWC article - and loses on every count

He pleaded 12 defamatory meanings. The court found almost none were conveyed

Lecturer sues HR publication over FWC article - and loses on every count

Court rules apprentice classroom counts as 'work' for union entry

The apprentices were sitting in class - but the court still called it work

Court rules apprentice classroom counts as 'work' for union entry

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Payroll go-live, we have a problem

Payroll go-live, we have a problem

Technology failures start in decisions about readiness, training and unintentional changes

Transformation

An ANU study of China's officials has a warning for Australian workplaces

An ANU study of China's officials has a warning for Australian workplaces

Canberra research on "formalism" shows what happens when scrutiny outruns trust, as psychosocial and digital-work laws tighten at home

2027 workforce predictions: AI fatigue and an empty leadership bench

2027 workforce predictions: AI fatigue and an empty leadership bench

Two experts say HR leaders will demand proof from AI vendors and rethink hiring as entry-level roles vanish

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From Skill to Strategy: Embedding Storytelling at Scale

From Skill to Strategy: Embedding Storytelling at Scale

By moving beyond metrics, one organisation discovered the stories that truly drive customer behaviour

Employment Law

Injured bus driver wins reinstatement seven years after last shift

She hadn't driven a bus since 2019 - and her old depot doesn't even exist anymore

Court finds James Hardie 'callous' in plumber's $1.9m asbestos case

He disappeared into clouds of asbestos dust every shift - nobody told him it could kill

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