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 Discrimination Alert on November 4, 2009
There is nothing to be gained from increasing the regulatory burden on employers in an effort to boost equal opportunity outcomes, the ACCI has told the review of the Equal Opportunity for Women Agency.
Posted in HR Management, Harassment & Discrimination | Tagged ACCI, discrimination, EOWA, equal employment opportunity, Fair Work Act, Fair Work Australia, flexible work arrangements, National Employment Standards |
By Workforce on October 2, 2009
The Rudd govt’s individual flexibility arrangements (IFAs) were “nothing like AWAs”, Deputy PM & WR Minister Julia Gillard said on press day (October 2). Speaking at the opening of the LHMU Tas branch leaders conference in Hobart, she said there had been some “wrong statements” about IFAs.
Posted in Workplace Relations | Tagged Fair Work Act, Fair Work Australia, flexible work arrangements, IFAs, Individual flexibility arrangements (IFAs), Julia Gillard, unions |
By Discrimination Alert on October 1, 2009
The Aust Bureau of Statistics Work, life and family balance report released on Sept 24 found balancing work and family remains a pressing issue, with a significant proportion unaware of their paid carers and paid parental leave rights. In 80% of two-parent working families, at least one of the parents said they were often or always pressed for time.
Posted in HR Management, Harassment & Discrimination | Tagged Family, flexible work arrangements, parental leave, work-life balance |
By Discrimination Alert on September 24, 2009
Most employees and managers have little or no knowledge of the right-to-request-flexible work (r2r) under the National Employment Standards that kick in from Jan 1, 2010.
Posted in HR Management, Harassment & Discrimination | Tagged flexible work arrangements, National Employment Standards (NES), work-life balance |
By Workforce on September 10, 2009
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has released a series of guides to help small-to-medium-sized businesses implement “best practice” initiatives related to their IR processes.
Posted in HR Management, Workplace Relations | Tagged bargaining, Fair Work, Fair Work Act, Fair Work Australia, Fair Work Ombudsman, flexible work arrangements, pay equity, pay increase, productivity, training |
By Occupational Health News on August 5, 2009
A quarter of full-time employees who responded to a national study said work regularly interfered with their personal lives. One of the authors of SA Uni’s 2009 Aust Work & Life Index report, Prof Barbara Pocock, said the results concerned her because average working hours had dropped since last year’s survey. “
Posted in HR Management, OH&S | Tagged flexible work arrangements, productivity, Worklife balance |
By HR Report on July 15, 2009
The jury is still out on whether smart phones and laptops improve work/life balance or create more stress because they allow employees to stay in constant contact with work (HRR#415).
Posted in HR Management | Tagged flexible work arrangements, Gen Y, productivity, work-life balance |
