Is it OK to hire friends at work? It’s maybe not as simple as you’d think

How people react to someone hiring a personal acquaintance depends on their cultural background and where they are in the world, according to UNSW’s Josh Keller.

What HR looks like in an Aboriginal Community Council

What should HR look like in an Aboriginal Community Council? George Brown returned home and found out. If you’ve also made an outstanding contribution to diversity and inclusion in your business, then apply for an an AHRI award by May 17 and have your efforts recognised.

Motivated employees make safer workplaces

Motivated employees who take initiative at work could hold the key to making Australian workplaces safer, new research involving Curtin University researchers has found.

Understanding the Indonesia-Australia trade deal

The much delayed but now finally signed IA-CEPA could help take the political heat out of the countries’ bilateral relations regardless of election results in both countries.  

Ten rules to reduce the stress of e-mail

Good practice with email use is not just about limiting the amount of emails sent, but improving the quality of communication.

Closing the gap in the Indigenous business sector

The Indigenous business sector has seen huge growth in recent years, but there are large gaps the Federal Budget could fill.

Employment opportunity at Global Access Partners

Are you interested in organising events and meetings to discuss high level policy issues? The publisher of Open Forum, Global Access Partners, is seeking a part time Assistant Project Manager for an immediate start and welcomes applications from suitable candidates.

Australia short changes migrant workers

Australia’s Fairwork Commission has examined more than a dozen cases of wage theft this year, involving hundreds of migrant workers and millions of dollars in underpayments.

Royal Commission’s final report

Brokers play a crucial role in keeping competition alive in the home loan market. Shore Financial CEO, Theo Chambers, reflects on the potential impact on the brokerage industry if the final recommendation of the Hayne Report gets implemented.

Robots aren’t the only threat to the workplace

Constructing an industrial relations framework that tackles the employment insecurity and technological change is challenging for both sides of the ideological divide.

Making friends across the Pacific at the ICDP women’s business dialogue

Trish Mackie-Smith, the co-creator of property app Inndocs, discusses her experience at the recent “Women in Business & Digital Delivery” dialogue in Brisbane, organised by the International Centre for Democratic Partnerships.

Penalties and a super-regulator might be the way forward for banks

Whatever the recommendations of the banking royal commission to be made public on Monday, customers of our recalcitrant financial institutions are in for a rough ride.