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Slowdown warnings drive rapid AI adoption

1 week ago | hrleader.com.au | Kace O'Neill |Gleb Tsipursky

| |7 minute read Economic clouds dominate this year’s skyline, and tariffs add thunder. Yet downturns have always marked the moment when bold leaders translate adversity into advantage, writes Dr Gleb Tsipursky. Recent corporate board meetings share one agenda item: survival in a stall. Warnings over tariffs and the consequent economic slowdown leave executives hungry for a lever that widens margins without hacking payroll.
Positive labour market signs hide underlying issues, Deloitte warns

1 week ago | hrleader.com.au | Kace O'Neill |Emma Partis

| |6 minute read Moderating inflation, falling interest rates, and growing wages mask underlying labour market issues and abysmal productivity performance, Deloitte Access Economics has warned. This story first appeared on HR Leader sister brand Accounting Times. While Australia’s labour market appears healthy on the outside, a new report by Deloitte Access Economics has said that poor labour productivity remains a persistent, structural challenge to long-term prosperity.
Faulty towers: Hospitality sector under attack by highly professional threat actors

1 week ago | hrleader.com.au | Kace O'Neill |David Hollingworth

| |6 minute read A new report reveals an industry under siege by highly competent adversaries leveraging a range of aggressive tactics and tools. This story first appeared on HR Leader sister brand Cyber Daily. Hackers are increasingly deploying a wide variety of advanced tactics to breach the networks of hospitality vendors, causing business disruption and compromising guests, according to new research from cyber security firm Trustwave.
Business groups call for cuts on ‘oppressive red tape’

1 month ago | hrleader.com.au | Kace O'Neill |Emma Partis

| |6 minute read Twenty business groups have called on the government to support businesses to drive economic growth and improve living standards. This story first appeared on HR Leader’s sister brand, Accounting Times. A joint letter signed by 20 business groups called on parliamentarians for policy reform to boost business opportunities, cut red tape and make Australia a more attractive investment location.
Budget 2025: What HR needs to know

2 months ago | hrleader.com.au | Kace O'Neill |Jerome Doraisamy

| |12 minute read Treasurer Jim Chalmers has handed down the fourth budget of the Albanese Government. Here’s what HR teams and professionals need to know, ahead of an imminent federal election. Earlier tonight (Tuesday 25 March), Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down the pre-election budget that, according to conventional political wisdom, Labor had not intended to deliver. However, the arrival of Cyclone Alfred scuppered the prospect of an April election.
Sacked ABC presenter says she ‘didn’t sign up’ to reputation ruin

Feb 4, 2025 | hrleader.com.au | Naomi Neilson |Kace O'Neill

| |6 minute read At the end of her emotional cross-examination, former ABC presenter Antoinette Lattouf defended herself against a claim she benefited from her termination. In the months after the ABC sacked Antoinette Lattouf for an alleged breach of its editorial policies, the former presenter claimed she was subjected to “hate and death threats”, felt paranoid about being followed, and was uncertain about her future career prospects.
Government entities run a higher risk of committing wage theft

Jan 19, 2025 | hrleader.com.au | Kace O'Neill

As the new wage laws come into effect, private sector businesses have been scrambling to ensure that they have the processes in place that keep them from committing any contraventions – but are government entities doing the same? If organisations fail to have an accurate system in place when it comes to their payroll, wage compliance can become a nightmare.
HR professionals say applicants don’t fit the needed criteria

Jan 19, 2025 | hrleader.com.au | Kace O'Neill

According to a new study, nearly three out of five (59 per cent) Aussies will be looking for a new job this year, yet HR professionals have said many lack the needed qualifications. New LinkedIn data has shown that over two-thirds (68 per cent) of HR professionals have said that it’s become much harder to find qualified talent over the last year, showing bad signs for the three in five Aussies who are set to be looking for a new job in the coming year.
How do businesses stop the Great Break-up?

Jan 19, 2025 | hrleader.com.au | Kace O'Neill

The Great Break-up, a trend that has seen a huge uptick in the number of women professionals leaving their roles and workplaces, has affected Aussie businesses. Here’s how workplace leaders can combat it. A recent guest on the HR Leader Podcast, freelance general counselAnna Lozynski, explained how Australian businesses can avoid having the ”Great Break-up” affect their workplace. Lozynski boiled it down to one major component. “Flexibility, it’s not going away.
Are $7 coffees another reason to avoid coming into the office?

Jan 16, 2025 | hrleader.com.au | Kace O'Neill

Soaring coffee prices may be yet another reason for employees to avoid the workplace and instead work from home. Inflation over the past two years has stripped away a number of innocent pleasantries for workers, with the morning coffee run being no different. As reported by The Sydney Morning Herald, the price of the average cappuccino has catapulted to an expense that’s beginning to turn away even the staunchest of caffeine addicts.