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How HP's ANZ people leader is using AI to ease workplace stress

How HP's ANZ people leader is using AI to ease workplace stress

Smarter AI tools, not job cuts, are helping HP to manage digital fatigue and protect wellbeing

Meet the Australian HR Director of the Year nominees shaping 2026

Two nominees for HR Director of the Year talk workforce data, leadership and change ahead of the 2026 Australian HR Awards

Meet the Australian HR Director of the Year nominees shaping 2026

Home finance manager loses unfair dismissal case against Westpac

He blamed training, software and his workload - the Commission found valid reasons anyway

Home finance manager loses unfair dismissal case against Westpac

Employers warn proposed Fair Work Court risks adding costs and complexity

ACCI raises alarm over new court despite promises of faster workplace dispute resolution

Employers warn proposed Fair Work Court risks adding costs and complexity

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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

Why an AI architect could be more effective than AI mandates

Why an AI architect could be more effective than AI mandates

One AI-savvy architect can cut costs and free staff for human work – without a top-down mandate

Why HR must lead AI implementation, not just support it

Why HR must lead AI implementation, not just support it

Two people leaders say governance and change management – not mandates – determine whether AI adoption actually sticks in the workplace

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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

Valid safety reason, but Fair Work still finds dismissal unfair

A valid reason to dismiss, a clean record, and the steps the Commission found were missed

Employer proves its redundancy case but loses on one missing step

The business case held up and redeployment was ruled out - so how did this dismissal still fail

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