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 December 15, 2009
The number of organisations engaged in workforce planning increased by 60% in 2009, a rise of 10% over 2008, a new Infohrm Group survey has revealed. Business growth, critical skills needs, available talent shortages and business strategy were major workforce planning drivers.
Posted in HR Management | Tagged HR planning, productivity, Recruitment, recruitment software, skills shortage, workforce planning |
By HR Report on October 21, 2009
Web conferencing has become an integral part of the training mix as HR battles to manage costs and improve productivity, a new survey has found.Released on Oct 1, the 1080 Group survey of 184 trainers for Citrix GoToMeeting Corporate found web conferencing now accounted for 10.9% of all training, up 63% from 2008.
Posted in HR Management | Tagged L&D, productivity, training |
By HR Report on October 21, 2009
Only one in three employees are engaged, clearly indicating employers had failed to align employees to their business strategy, Right Management’s global study of 28,000 employees across 10 industry sectors in 15 countries found (see Upswing needs ‘old-fashioned’ HR).
Posted in HR Management | Tagged employee engagement, productivity, retention, workforce participation |
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 Workforce on August 21, 2009
The Aust Institute of Employment Rights (AIER) and Harmers Workplace Lawyers last night hosted the Sydney launch of the new Aust Standard for Employment Rights.
Posted in HR Management, Workplace Relations | Tagged employment rights, productivity, workforce participation |
By HR Report on August 13, 2009
Fed Treasury has declined to comment on an Aust National Audit Office (ANAO) report’s findings that it should have allocated extra resources and skills for the $825m OzCar scheme in light of its short timeframe and complexity.
Posted in HR Management | Tagged ANAO, Fed Treasury, health, productivity, skills shortage |
By HR Report on August 12, 2009
HR is to blame for older workers not being accommodated in the workplace, says peak body for the over-50s National Seniors Aust (NSA). Current HR practices were “largely irrelevant to older workers”, its Experience Works report found.
Posted in HR Management, Harassment & Discrimination, Recruitment | Tagged mature age workers, Mature age/older workers, productivity, Recruitment, workforce participation |
