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Modern Awards – a fresh look at the industrial labyrinth

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By Neena Bhandari

Even after being simplified, modern awards continue to be a complex burden for many organisations.

Australia’s awards system can be something of a dangerous labyrinth. You can be unaware for years that your organisation has embedded an error – a misinterpretation of an award – into your payroll management system. When it’s finally uncovered, it can take a long time and a lot of money to correct your missteps.

This happens even to larger companies. In July 2018 cosmetics giant Lush committed to giving $2 million to current and former Australian workers after it found it had underpaid 5000 of them over an eight-year period. To accomplish this, it promised to upgrade its payroll system (for an estimated $1.5 million) and re-enter approximately 200,000 handwritten paper timesheets.

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How to train bystanders and reduce workplace harassment

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By Neena Bhandari

Reforming bullies is very difficult, but training witnesses to intervene is an effective alternative.

Despite studies showing that bystander training is one of the most effective ways to reduce harassment and bullying in a workplace, it’s still rare. Dr David Rock, director of the NeuroLeadership Institute, has worked with several organisations to develop their strategies. He explains his philosophy through an expansion of a popular phrase.

“If you see something, you have a responsibility to say something, and you have an even bigger responsibility to say it in a way that’s helpful for the victim and perpetrator. The central challenge is to help bystanders feel more comfortable speaking up and a perpetrator less threatened when they’re called out,” Rock says.

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5 Stellar tips from AHRI Awards Finalists

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By Neena Bhandari

Sydney, 19.11.2018 (AHRI HRM Magazine): Successful HR looks different in each industry and organisation. But as these award finalists prove, there are ideas that can work across the profession.

HR leadership provides the blueprint for achieving an organisation’s goals by attracting, managing and inspiring talent. Here, five finalists of the David Ulrich HR Leader Award talk through innovative initiatives and strategies that contributed to tangible outcomes for their organisation and the wider community.

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