By Workforce on February 26, 2010
WFD: The labour price index for the 12 months to the Dec quarter 2009 increased by 3.0% on trend terms, the ABS announced on Feb 24. Deputy PM & WR Minister Julia Gillard told the National Press Club the wages growth was the lowest since records had been kept. This was a reflection of the ...more
Posted in HR Management, Workplace Relations | Tagged Fair Work Act, Fair Work Australia, financial crisis, Julia Gillard, pay increase |
By HR Report on February 24, 2010
Employees who can recognise their negative feelings, defuse them and then choose a more appropriate response are more likely to emerge as a leader in a self-managed team, according to a new soon-to-be published paper.
Melb Business School researchers Prof Ian Williamson and organisational psychologist Carol Gill found the ability to do so led to psychological ...more
Posted in HR Management | Tagged leadership, training |
By Workforce on February 16, 2010
A Melb Institute Wages report released this morning confirms a 3.2% increase in total pay growth in the 12 months to Feb, 2010. Institute research fellow Dr Edda Claus said similar outcomes for total pay and hourly wage rates suggest “some weakness remains in the labour market”.
Posted in HR Management | Tagged pay, pay increase, wage rates |
By HR Report on February 10, 2010
The Fed Govt has launched a $43.5m productive ageing package to provide training and support for older Australians who want to stay in the workforce, as part of its response to the latest Intergenerational Report.
Posted in HR Management | Tagged Mature age, mature age workers, older workers |
By HR Report on February 10, 2010
While NAB’s Melb head office extends its open plan program to introduce flexi desking (see NAB flexi desking underway), Vic employers have rejected the environment as distracting.
Posted in HR Management | Tagged productivity |
By HR Report on January 27, 2010
On press day, Drake Int’l’s latest research showed improving retention of skilled employees was the most important people challenge facing employers in a growing economy.
The other highest priority people management strategies employers identified were: finding and developing effective leaders (87.1 %); effectively managing culture and change (80.5%); increasing training and development (80.2%); and increasing productivity ...more
Posted in HR Management | Tagged retention, workforce planning |
By HR Report on January 27, 2010
The National Employment Standards do not require employers to grant employee requests for flexible work arrangements to care for a child (HRR#449). But Clayton Utz solicitor Millen Lo warns they will have to be able to demonstrate that they have considered any such request “to determine whether the arrangements can be in fact accommodated so ...more
Posted in HR Management | Tagged Family, flexible work arrangements |
By HR Report on December 16, 2009
During the GFC, workers who stayed in their jobs didn’t reduce their working hours, despite widespread govt and commentator claims that cuts in hours had helped stem job losses during the downturn, a new report has revealed.
Posted in HR Management | Tagged casual employment, financial crisis, job cuts, unemployment, working hours |
