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Top tips for surviving the Christmas party season

Updated: 25 November 2024

For most people, the Christmas season is an exciting time. A long year is coming to an end, holidays are near, and summer is here. Then there's the work Xmas party.

8 effective strategies for retaining skilled key staff

The success of your business relies on the skill of your people.

Your top performers are the ones who make your company hum. Not only are they exceptionally capable and productive, they develop

Forced resignation in Australia

Sometimes, an employee may feel that things at work are so bad - maybe their boss is treating them really unfairly or hasn’t done anything to remedy issues the person has raised - that they have no

Top 5 reasons why employment retention strategies are important

Some businesses treat employees as if they are as easily replaceable as cogs in a machine: lose one or two and there are always plenty more to take their place.

Changes coming to paid parental leave

Australian workers will be entitled to 6 months of paid parental leave under changes announced by the federal government.

How to manage serious misconduct in the workplace

At MyHR, our HR advisory team has been dealing with many requests for help with cases of serious misconduct.

Handling an employee complaint about another employee

In any workplace, there will be some testy times between employees. Thankfully, many disagreements and disputes are minor and get resolved without management having to step in. Occasionally though,

Jobs and Skills Summit: Immediate initiatives you need to know

The Australian federal government’s highly anticipated Jobs and Skills Summit has just wrapped up. With 36 "immediate" initiatives already agreed upon, it’s clear that the pace of change regarding

Working from home: Frequently asked questions

In this day and age, working from home doesn’t need much introduction. Even before COVID-19 rearranged the world, the trend for many people to work a day or 2 from home was well established, and the

What to do when an employee doesn't work their notice period

What happens when an employee is about to finish employment with the business (either because you have decided to end the employment relationship or they have), and fails to turn up to work out their