HR Professional vs Employment Lawyer: Which Does Your Australian Business Need? “Should I hire an HR consultant or call an employment lawyer?” It’s a common question from business owners dealing with Australia’s complex employment laws. The...
How Employment Law Knowledge Safeguards HR Professionals and Businesses in Australia – A Case Study A HR professionals $7,600 penalty offers a valuable lesson in professional protection. This case study shows how comprehensive Australian employment law knowledge...
When Ignorance Can Be a Defence: The Gap Between Company Policy and Reality In business, there’s often a significant gap between what companies write in their policies and daily reality. Many organisations spend considerable resources developing comprehensive...
HR: The Humanitarian Department, Not the Police If you’re an employee, chances are, the phrase, “HR wants to see you”, makes your stomach drop. For too many employees, the Human Resources (HR) department feels like the workplace police department, a...
How Avoiding Difficult Conversations Can Trap You When You Need to Act A client called me, furious about a long-term employee who’d become a serious problem. He wanted him gone. When I explained he couldn’t terminate without cause, he got angry with me....
Million Dollar Mistakes: AI Implementation Gone Wrong We can get this right as humans In November 2024, a company paid $2.2 million to settle claims their AI screening tool discriminated against applicants. Three months earlier, the EEOC secured a $365,000 settlement...
