Archived News for Human Resource Professionals
A Victorian court has heard more details of ‘astroturfing’ by developers trying to buy approval.
DFAT keeps DHL despite probe
Financial misconduct claims have hit Australia's outsourced diplomatic post service.
Big firms with slave links
China’s Uyghur community is being forced into labour for Apple, BMW, Nike, Adidas, Samsung, Sony and others.
Mine death laws questioned
Experts have criticised new laws designed to address fatalities in the Queensland resources sector.
Adelaide hospital in gagging claim
Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital has been accused of gagging staff raising safety concerns.
Data slips from energy firm
Alinta Energy has been slammed for its “reckless” cyber security and data protection systems.
Parents hit by vaccination glitch
Centrelink says an “IT error” has led to parents being wrongly accused of not immunising their children ...
State caps price rises
Power price rises will be limited to once a year under rule changes in Victoria.
Reporting reforms pass
New changes will require welfare recipients to report income as it appears on a payslip rather than estimating a figure.
Call to scrap rural concessions
The Federal Government has rejected a call to axe a special tax concession for people living in remote parts of Australia.
Card scheme studied
A new study finds the cashless debit card scheme and other compulsory welfare income management does more harm than good.
Tehan to kill 'cancel culture'
The Education Minister says he wants to end university ‘cancel culture’.
ALP wants eyes on spies
Labor wants Australia's intelligence and security agencies to be more closely monitored.
Tehan issues crackdown stats
The Morrison Government says it has saved $3 billion in a crackdown on dodgy childcare providers.
Commission hears 'broken' claims
A royal commission in Sydney has heard people with disabilities are seen as broken and in need of fixing by the medical profession.
Gold claims revived in ICAC push
Principles formed deep in Australia’s colonial history have been revived in the push for a federal corruption court.
New claims of $3b rort
New claims have emerged in what could be the Morrison Government’s biggest rort yet.
Bank ditches staff spy
Barclays Bank has scrapped an internal tracking system that monitored when staff while they worked.
Job-hunting rate rises
An increase in the number of people looking for work lifted Australia's unemployment rate from 5.1 to 5.3 per cent in January.