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As with the HR Market, employment and recruitment activity in the HSE stayed active during January & February and into March. When COVID-19 hit Australia, the WHS job market, and indeed the broader employment market, significantly slowed down. However, with COVID-19 being a health pandemic, we naturally began to see an increase in demand for HSEQ professionals, once business...

Looking back on the year, in Australia we saw a strong start to 2020 with Q1 being reasonably buoyant at all levels with an equal demand for contract and permanent hires. As we moved into Q2, and Australia’s first period of COVID-19 lock-down, recruitment activity slowed with a noticeable shift to focusing on the health and wellbeing of remote workers and more importantly fr...

The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in an era of uncertainty and upheaval, triggering changes in the working lives and wellbeing of all. The pandemic has not only brought on devastating health impacts and economic turmoil but has also created substantial change across the business landscape. During unprecedented times, companies rely on their HR departments to help navigate cr...

Every year, Frazer Jones surveys its senior global HR network asking questions about the current market and trends. For 2020 our report covers a variety of pressing issues in the HR arena, including the impact of COVID-19, with a range of interviews and articles from our Global HR network. Frazer Jones is pleased to present our 2020 Global HR Spotlight Report. Areas covered ...

Covid-19: Impact on Workers Compensation and Mental Health & Wellbeing The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on workers across Australia as evidenced by a rapid shift to stay at or work from home, as well as record unemployment levels. As states begin to reopen, it is tempting to think that the worst may be over. Unfortunately, significant uncertainty remains aroun...

Covid-19: Impact on Health and Safety in the Workplace Keeping safe and healthy in the workplace is important at any time, but even more so in times like these. Covid-19 has thrown the world of work upside down, with key challenges being to keep businesses afloat as well as managing safety and security at work, and now also at the home office. Many employers followed governm...

“Imagining the New Normal - Work Life after COVID-19” One step forward, two steps back: the COVID-19 pandemic is giving new depth of meaning to this well-worn expression. It’s becoming very clear, in just about every country and in every industry sector around the globe, that we are going to have to get used to waves of disruption and, as a result, a constant battle with the...

HR Market Update - July 2020 As we find ourselves in the second half of the year with many people thinking, they can’t wait for this year to be over, I can’t help but wonder what 2021 will look like. When COVID-19 started sweeping the world, organisations began creating initiatives to help stop the spread, addressing the need for social distancing, staggering work shifts, do...

“The Learnings & Developments during COVID-19” Adaptation is necessary for our survival. When COVID-19 started sweeping the world, organisations began creating initiatives to help stop the spread of the disease, addressing the need for social distancing, staggering work shifts, downsizing operations, forced work-from-home (WFH), delivering services remotely and lots of other...

“Managing Employees through COVID-19” Across the world, managers and HR professionals are trying to figure out how to balance the needs of the organisation with the needs of the staff against the backdrop of changing coronavirus data and related rules and regulations. We are in unprecedented times, unchartered waters for employers. How businesses choose to manage their emplo...