Graham Turner is the former Editor of Ai Group's Industry magazine, which ceased publication in 2014. He now edits (and moderates) this Blog, together with Ai Group's weekly Email newsletter.
In a decade, the ‘Millennials’ will represent 75% of the global workforce. So how should your workplace be adapting to accommodate them – and to keep them? Everyone’s talking about their generation – the Millennials, that is. Otherwise known as…
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It’s official – a mobile-enabled ‘always on’ work culture is elevating occupational stress to unprecedented levels. So what can employers do about it? When SafeWork Australia released its first report on work-related mental stress almost three years ago, it reported…
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With the direct costs of absenteeism to the full-time workforce alone amounting to approximately $22 billion across the economy, it’s surprising that only 45% of organisations responding to Ai Group’s 2014 Absenteeism and Presenteeism Survey had an attendance management policy…
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The end of the financial year is a popular time for employers to conduct salary reviews for their employees. As such, it’s likely your HR department is in the midst of one of its busiest times of the year –…
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Are you on the right track to retain your high performing employees? It’s a challenge starkly summed up by the headline of an article published by Forbes last year: Employees Who Stay In Companies Longer Than Two Years Get Paid…
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The more observant among you may have noticed some recent changes to Ai Group’s ‘branding’. Just as the launch of this Blog has signified new directions for our organisation in terms of our communications with our membership, so too does…
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The address last night to the Sydney Institute by the Federal Industry Minister, Mr Macfarlane – ‘Australia’s competitive edge in the industries of the future’ – suggests that the forthcoming National Investment and Competitiveness Agenda will give welcome focus to…
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Ai Group regularly fields enquiries from members who have employed overseas workers on 457 visas but subsequently experience unforeseen shortfalls in business activity. So what are the implications of redundancy in the case of 457 visa holders? Firstly, if the…
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