Did you know that 25% of women with perimenopause or menopause symptoms consider giving up work? And that 1/3 of working women aged 40-55 have said they hide menopause symptoms at work. Menopause is an interesting but challenging topic, because it will affect every woman in some way or another, yet little is done strategically to address it or support it; within the organisa...
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Dare to Discuss Webinar Series - “Demystifying Menopause in the Workplace"
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The effects of menopause on women and how it impacts them in the workplace
By Frazer JonesDid you know that one third of working women aged 40-55 have said they hide menopause symptoms at work? Marking the end of the month celebrating women and International Women’s Day, the Frazer Jones Australia team concluded with a roundtable breakfast event “Demistifying Menopause in the Workplace”. The event provided an opportunity for HR professionals to hear from Thea O'C...
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HR & HSE Recruitment Market Update 2022
By Angela FranksWelcome to 2022. We are not entirely off to the start we all hoped for but as we try to avoid getting Covid for the first time or again, I have already seen memes about wanting to ‘cancel my subscription to 2022 after the 30-day free trial’. Having said that, we do see a lot of positives for the recruitment market in 2022. We are relieved that the borders have reopened and w...
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HR Horrors and Employment Law Update
By Frazer JonesWebinar: HR Horrors Hosted by Angela Franks, Head of Frazer Jones Australia, and with guest speaker Cilla Robinson, Partner of Workplace Relations, Employment & Safety at Clayton Utz, the theme for this quarter's employment law webinar was HR Horrors, not only because it’s in October, the time of Halloween, but maybe also a reflection on how 2021 turned out. However, as we s...
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Interview with Helene Gordon - Chief People Officer at Thryv Australia
By Denise HarmerEvolving Landscape of Leadership through the Pandemic. Denise Harmer, Manager at Frazer Jones Melbourne interviews Helene Gordon, Chief People Officer at Thryv Australia about the Evolving landscape of leadership through the pandemic. Helene Gordon is a commercial executive leader with extensive experience in strategic and operational Human Resources, Change and Transformati...
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Interview with Kate Benson - Associate Director at Frazer Jones Australia
By Frazer JonesMeet Kate Benson - Associate Director at Frazer Jones Australia. Frazer Jones Australia is delighted to welcome Kate Benson to the team. Kate has built a fantastic reputation in the HR market having worked across reward and HR for the last 10 years. Kate is a great addition to the team and is another experienced recruiter who has built a career on providing great service and...
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Australia’s Stagnant Wage Growth, is it Impacting Employee Loyalty and Retention?
By Frazer JonesAustralia is currently approaching its 10th year of wage stagnation and underemployment, however, with the recent events of 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, is stagnant wage growth impacting employee loyalty and retention? Even before the pandemic recession, wage growth had been stagnant and barely keeping up with inflation. Historically, wage growth in Australia was always m...
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What does flexibility really mean?
By Angela FranksThis is a tricky but necessary topic. It pops up everywhere we go. Client meetings, social dinners, it’s always in the conversation but it feels like it’s been talked about to death…or maybe just for the HR community. You can’t talk about attraction, retention or leadership without it coming up. It’s the common thread every time. So what’s the approach, solution and future? ...
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Australian HSE Recruitment Market Review 2021
By Michele BealeAustralian HSE Recruitment Market Review 2021 New global guidelines for safe working implemented during COVID-19, ISO/PAS 45005, assisted organisations to adapt quickly, adopt new working practices and to comply with changing regulations. This had an impact on organisations HSE resources requiring either contract or permanent roles being created to support the existing teams...
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Australian HR Recruitment Market Review 2021
By Angela FranksAustralian HR Recruitment Market Review 2021 As we hit the halfway mark of 2021 and put 2020 firmly behind us, the Australian HR recruitment market has come back with a vengeance. Many organisations have come out leaner and stronger and are now needing to hire and hire quickly. We saw a number of organisations restructure; some too hastily, some accelerating planned changes...
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