HR Articles
December 8 2006 - (News Release) More than a million workers on award wages cannot be sure of their rate of pay with the Federal Government acknowledging that the pay scales it publishes are not reliable.
December 7 2006 - A recent survey by Watson Wyatt Worldwide has found that when it comes to
delivering revenue growth, it is not how many hours a sales force works, it is how they allocate their time.
December 1 2006 - The Commonwealth Bank strongly refutes what it described as the 'misleading
allegations made by the ACTU'.
November 24 2006 - New research by ACTU appears to show that workers in New South Wales are being hard hit by the Government's industrial relations laws with average wages for full time employees falling by AS$33 a week in real terms over the last year.
October 3 2006 - A comparison of Australian and U.S. CEOs
shows American business leaders to be more conservative and reserved while Australians
are more fun-loving and risk-taking.
September 28 2006 - Analysis of Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
data by the ACTU appears to show that employees' that average earnings have failed to
keep pace with inflation for the first time in 5 years.
September 22 2006 - More than 100 independent contractors working for Telstra as telephone
technicians in regional New South Wales are facing cuts of between 25 per cent and 50
per cent to their contract pay rates.
September 14 2006 - Almost one-third of nurses who took part in a large-scale Tasmanian study reported that they had been subjected to both physical and verbal abuse in the previous four working weeks and a quarter had considered resigning as a result.
September 3 2006 - Interesting work, recognition and reward of good performance
and opportunities for promotion attract job seekers the most, according to an Accenture
global recruitment survey.
August 29 2006 - A study for the ILO shows that violence at work is increasing worldwide and has reached epidemic levels in some countries.
August 23 2006 - Australian employers show up well in a global
comparison of support for employees' further education and
training according to a Robert Half Finance & Accounting Workplace survey.
August 18 2006 - A new study shows that the transition to adult life takes longer and is a more complex process for the current generation of young people in Australia. While they often remain in education for longer, they also face less secure job prospects, according to the latest Brotherhood of St Laurence Youth Transition Social Barometer.
August 5 2006 - Global hotel group, Hilton, part of Hilton Hotels
Corporation, has found a link between employee development and reduced staff turnover for the second year
running.
August 1 2006 - A report from the International Labour Organization
(ILO) says today's labour market is characterized by a widening gap between unprecedented
opportunity for some and growing uncertainty for many.
July 4 2006 - Results from a Robert Half Finance & Accounting International Workplace Survey
show that thirty-eight per cent of Australian finance managers aspire to lead their company.
July 1 2006 - New reports from the OECD say that if countries want to improve living standards and keep welfare systems functioning they urgently need to get more people into paid employment.
June 23 2006 - Only 11% of survey respondents said they were very satisfied
with the performance of their human resource (HR) function with marginally fewer (10%)
rating their training function very highly.
May 26 2006 - 24% (2.2 million) of employees worked some of their main job
hours at home in November 2005, according to a report from the Australian Bureau of
Statistics (ABS).
May 24 2006 - The diversity of today's workforce is a challenge to
information-technology organizations with "one-size-fits-all" policies, especially
when it comes to women employees, according to recent research.
May 3 2006 - The ACTU is asking the Howard Government to
repeal sections of the new industrial relations laws banning workplace agreements
from giving employees leave to attend health and safety training or meetings provided by unions.
April 17 2006 - Fewer than than one in two Australian employers
are making the effort to attract and retain 'mature age' employees despite the skills
shortage and rapidly ageing workforce, according to a recent
Hudson Report survey.
April 13 2006 - A new report from the Conference Board
finds that major Asia-Pacific companies are searching more intensively for executives
living in the region, rather than relying on expatriate executives brought
in from other parts of the world.
April 3 2006 - The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has
announced a National Inquiry into discrimination against same-gender couples when
they attempt to access financial and employment-related
entitlements.
March 27 2006 - A new poll conducted for the
the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) found considerable opposition to
the Federal Government's new IR laws. The ACTU claims that there is a general belief
that the Howard Government is acting in the interests of big business over the rights of Australian
working families.
March 22 2006 - Australian unions have
attacked the details of regulations relating to the Government's new industrial relations
laws recently released by Workplace Minister Kevin Andrews, describing them as 'harsh
new Federal Government fines and penalties for workers
and unions and a crackdown on union activity in the workplace'.
March 15 2006 - Most Australian employers are happy with
the national vocational education and training (VET) system, according to a new survey.
March 3 2006 - Unions have expressed concern about souvenirs
produced for the Melbourne Commonwealth Games. They claim that souvenirs may have been
manufactured in breach of the international labour standards previously agreed upon by
the Games authority and unions.
March 3 2006 - New statistics from the National Centre for
Vocational Education Research (NCVER) show a growing number of people starting an apprenticeship
or traineeship
February 23 2006 - In a Melbourne speech to the Australian Retailers Association Victoria
Kevin Andrews, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, focused on the Workchoices
Act due to come into effect in March.
February 21 2006 - 116 Australian employers have been awarded an EOWA Employer of Choice
for Women (EOCFW) citation. More than a quarter (33) are in the education sector, including
Australia's best-known universities.
February 23 2006 - Results from the December 2005 quarter
St.George - ACCI Small Business Survey indicates that conditions for small businesses
are mixed, with wages growth a significant issue.
February 15 2006 - The ACTU has pointed to bread chain Brumby's
seeking to bring 20 Vietnamese bakers to Australia as an example of the Federal
Government's overseas worker program being out of control.
February 3 2006 - Holding on to existing employees is the highest
priority for Australian organisations in 2006, according to the latest results from
The Hudson Report.
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