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Christmas party kick-ons: where employer duty of care ends

Christmas party kick-ons: where employer duty of care ends

A Fair Work Commission ruling and an employment lawyer's advice show how far out-of-hours conduct rules reach beyond the party

Multiple jobs: Employers told to have 'clear, simple' policy

Employers advised to have policies on multiple job holders as young workers take on more outside work

Multiple jobs: Employers told to have 'clear, simple' policy

NAB puts pre-Christmas job cut plans on hold

NAB delays exit dates for some laid-off staff to January 2027

NAB puts pre-Christmas job cut plans on hold

David Jones enters administration, leaving thousands of jobs in limbo

Voluntary administrators and receivers take control of the 188-year-old retailer as staff await news on store closures and employee entitlements

David Jones enters administration, leaving thousands of jobs in limbo

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

AI's productivity payoff is real but narrow. The bigger jobs test may come with the next downturn

AI's productivity payoff is real but narrow. The bigger jobs test may come with the next downturn

Output per worker is climbing fast in a few AI-heavy U.S. industries while their payrolls shrink. Goldman Sachs research suggests the wider shakeout tends to wait for a recession

Bank job cuts: why Australia’s lenders keep reaching for the axe

Bank job cuts: why Australia’s lenders keep reaching for the axe

Experts warn Australian banks are losing institutional knowledge and trust as restructures outpace strategic workforce planning

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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

Sawmill's missing time records sink employer's bid to kill overtime case

Workers allegedly kept going after the solar power ran out

Court sinks mechanic's comp claim filed 20 months after car accident

He was hit by a car walking home from work, but nobody flagged the claim for 20 months

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