News

Redundancy season: HR’s job doesn’t end when the announcement does

Redundancy season: HR’s job doesn’t end when the announcement does

Job-seeker registrations more than doubled in October as layoffs mount. Experts explain how HR should support managers and remaining staff

Australia to legislate mandatory safety rules for frontier AI companies

New safety regulator to impose penalties, but unions warn workers remain exposed to job displacement

Australia to legislate mandatory safety rules for frontier AI companies

Contactable by Mobile for Medical Emergencies? Not at the Sake of Safety

Can employers ban mobile phones at work?

Contactable by Mobile for Medical Emergencies? Not at the Sake of Safety

David Jones to close half its stores – job cuts on the way

About 6,000 jobs depend on a seven-day consultation and a sale process that isn’t finished

David Jones to close half its stores – job cuts on the way
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Premium

The deferred Australian dream - how HR can close the gap

The deferred Australian dream - how HR can close the gap

New research shows where financial strain sits and which benefits can help bring goals back into view

Transformation

Employment Hero lifts revenue 30% – boosts output with AI

Employment Hero lifts revenue 30% – boosts output with AI

As Canva and Atlassian cut jobs, this Aussie-founded, AI-powered employment platform says agents are lifting output per employee rather than replacing staff

Why corporate Australia is grading employees on a skill it can’t evaluate

Why corporate Australia is grading employees on a skill it can’t evaluate

Corporate Australia is in a rush to operationalise artificial intelligence. In boardrooms across the country, decision makers are confidently rewriting KPIs, mandating future-ready workforces, and embedding AI proficiency into the core of their talent strategies. It sounds like progress. But beneath this optimism lies a slowly encroaching structural failure

Exclusive Features

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

Parcel, pain, and payback: Australia Post loses back injury appeal

The employer argued liability "should never have been accepted" - a judge disagreed

Avis beats Fair Work Ombudsman in award fight over car washers

The wrong answer could have meant years of underpayments across 96 locations

Resources

How Australia’s 35 rising HR stars are redefining the profession

How Australia’s 35 rising HR stars are redefining the profession

Recruitment

How Australia’s 35 rising HR stars are redefining the profession

Recruitment

The HR Leader’s Playbook for Managing Growth & Complexity

Corporate wellness

The HR Leader’s Playbook for Managing Growth & Complexity

When Workforce Complexity Becomes Business Risk

HR technology

When Workforce Complexity Becomes Business Risk

Xref CEO on why phone-based reference checks are 15 years behind

HR technology

Xref CEO on why phone-based reference checks are 15 years behind

Poll

Are employers all talk and no action when it comes to workplace diversity?