Seventy-three per cent of Australian HR and finance managers are allowing people to work longer and/or hiring older people in new positions, versus a global average of 31 per cent
Seventy-three per cent of Australian HR and finance managers are allowing people to work longer or are hiring older people in new positions, versus a global average of 31 per cent. That’s the findings from a recent Robert Half Finance & Accounting Workplace survey, which suggests that Australia is doing more than most other countries to address the current ageing workforce problem. It also found that only 13 per cent of Australian managers aren’t doing anything to address the problem of the ageing workforce, compared to 43 per cent globally who admit to doing nothing to improve the prospects of older workers.
Worker surveillance needs monitoring: VIC
Technologies such as hidden cameras, email surveillance and satellite tracking are threatening privacy rights in the workplace and employees need greater protection from covert surveillance and monitoring by employers, according to the Victorian Law Reform Commission. In a recently released options paper, the Commission proposed that employers would have to seek permission from a privacy regulator before monitoring or conducting testing practices in the workplace, while another option would require employers to comply with principles on implementing and conducting workplace surveillance, monitoring and testing.
The most popular EAP offerings
Emotional well-being is the most popular Employee Assistance Program (EAP) topic, according to the latest statistics from Davidson Trahaire Corpsych’s eapdirect – a web-based EAP resource centre for employees. With more than 100,000 users, 73 per cent completed emotional well-being self-assessments, while work/life balance (37 per cent) and stress/burnout/trauma (31 per cent) were the most pressing work issues. People management and coaching (both 29 per cent) and conflict and communication (28 per cent) were the most popular topics with managers, while information on career management (50 per cent) was most sought after by employees.
Equal employment opportunity celebrated in Victoria
The Victorian Equal Employment Opportunity Network will be holding its annual event in Melbourne on Thursday 21 October 2004. Held in conjunction with the Equal Employment Opportunity Network of Australia (EEONA), the event will celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Sex Discrimination Act.The event will be attended by senior managers of Australia’s largest organisations in addition to diversity practitioners and interested guests. For further information please call Paul Hulls on 0407 021 499 with a RSVP deadline of 13 October.
Luring away top talent: US
Ten per cent of the top talented professionals are actively pursuing other jobs while a further 51 per cent would consider another job opportunity, according to recent US research from The Service & Support Professionals Association. Its survey of 500 employees also found that 53 per cent of top talent was referred for employment by a friend but only 6 per cent went through a recruiter. However 31 per cent of standard talent was referred for employment by a friend, and 36 per cent through a recruiter. Furthermore, the main reason top talent was attracted to a job was challenging work, while training was identified as the highest non-monetary incentive.
