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Workplace Harassment Persists as Silence Undermines Policies
A study of over 3,700 employees across five nations identified three core silence behaviors—staying silent, silencing others, and not listening—that strongly predict rising harassment levels. Despite widespread anti‑harassment policies, these silence signals keep misconduct entrenched, urging leaders to tackle cultural barriers to reporting.
A UK employment tribunal ruled that Lidl unfairly dismissed deputy store manager Ryan Toghill, who has ADHD and associated rejection sensitivity, awarding him £45,150 (approximately $57,000). The tribunal found Lidl failed to make reasonable adjustments during the disciplinary process, despite Toghill’s documented disability and hernia condition. Compensation covered a basic award, a compensatory award, and £20,000 for injury to feelings. The decision highlights the retailer’s misinterpretation of disability‑related behavior as lack of remorse, leading to a wrongful dismissal finding.
Every leader eventually faces the painful task of terminating an employee, a decision that tests both competence and compassion. The author recounts personal experiences—from firing a COO during the dot‑com boom to replacing an entire senior team at Vivo Energy—highlighting...
Union members at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and the University of Newcastle staged 24‑hour strikes demanding a 20% pay rise, expanded reproductive leave, and protection from involuntary redundancies. UTS rejected the union's demands, offering modest parental‑leave enhancements while...
Dentons partner Paul O'Halloran will host a pre‑recorded webcast on appealing Fair Work Commission (FWC) decisions, offering a fireside‑style discussion with HR Daily editor Jo Knox. The session covers eligibility criteria, the public‑interest test, evidence preparation, hearing formats, cost orders,...
Hong Kong is intensifying its talent strategy within the national development framework, emphasizing science, technology and innovation as pillars of economic competitiveness. The government highlights soaring demand for specialists in AI, advanced data analytics, biotechnology, robotics and digital infrastructure. Policy...
ABC staff will strike on Wednesday after unions rejected the latest enterprise offer by 395 votes. The 24‑hour walk‑out, scheduled for 11 am AEDT, will affect ABC News and other divisions. The offer included a $1,000 “sweetener” from managing director Hugh...
“Employees have started using personal agent tools such as My Claw that have access to their chat logs and work files and can go talk to colleagues—or their colleagues’ own personal agents—on their behalf, the people said” Mark Zuckerberg is building...
Accolad, a Canadian HR‑tech firm, launched a modernized recognition platform that automates employee years‑of‑service programs across Canada. The solution delivers a fully personalized digital storefront, scheduled gift delivery, and real‑time analytics, while integrating natively with major HRIS, Microsoft Teams and...
Recent research using the Big Five personality model shows that no single trait defines an ideal leader. Extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness each predict leadership emergence and effectiveness in different ways. Effective leaders amplify their natural strengths and...
Approximately 2,400 mental‑health clinicians at Kaiser Permanente walked out for a 24‑hour strike in Northern California, citing fears that artificial‑intelligence tools will replace licensed therapists. The action, joined by more than 23,000 nurses, pits workers and their union against a...
Smart, bigger companies will enable their employees to create and use agents (within security guardrails ), improve their productively but MOST IMPORTANTLY, they will reduce their work day by an hour to start. Same pay. Reward...
When the recruiter says “I have an exciting opportunity” and suddenly you’re in a 7 round interview loop
UK employers face record staffing costs as National Insurance rises to 15% and income‑tax thresholds remain frozen, widening the gap between labour expenses and productivity. Simultaneously, benefit costs such as private medical insurance and pension contributions are climbing, pressuring payroll...
Startups fail when they copy Fortune 500 playbooks. Early on, full-time hires drain cash with salaries and benefits you do not need. Hire 3 freelancers for one task, pick the best work, and move fast at 30 to 50% lower cost. Build a...
Young workers are already adapting to an AI-shaped job market. Some are moving toward hands-on roles that are harder to automate, while others are leaning into AI itself by learning how to use and work with it. The shift is less...
Gregory Juliano, CHRO of Calgary, says the city is Canada’s fastest‑growing municipality, adding more than 100,000 residents and now employing over 20,000 staff. To manage this growth while keeping taxes low, HR and IT are embedding technology, including an enterprise...
The most dangerous thing about AI isn't that it takes your job. It's that it gives your job to someone who uses AI better than you. Andrej Karpathy just published a tool that maps every job in America by AI exposure.
Strong teams don’t let high performers carry the dead weight. If your best people are constantly cleaning up for the lazy ones, you’re not building a business…you’re enabling mediocrity. Raise the standard & lower the tolerance. Period.
The Indian government has introduced a Companies Act amendment to permit restricted stock units (RSUs) and stock appreciation rights (SARs) alongside existing employee stock option plans (ESOPs) as approved executive compensation. The bill also authorises hybrid annual and extraordinary general...
This is the guy denying your PTO request and calling it “a critical business cycle.”
Leaders often replay critical conversations to extract lessons and improve future interactions. This reflective practice can enhance understanding, emotional processing, and decision‑making when used strategically. However, when the replay becomes repetitive and unstructured, it can trigger rumination, anxiety, and even...
Organizational psychologist Anthony Klotz, who coined the “Great Resignation,” explains that employee turnover remains driven by “jolts” – events that prompt workers to reassess their jobs. In his new book *Jolted*, he identifies six jolt categories, ranging from direct workplace...
Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calls for a rethink of how work is taxed as AI reshapes hiring patterns. He warns that employer National Insurance Contributions tax labour while AI incurs no comparable levy, creating a fiscal imbalance. Data shows...
South Africa’s Minister of Employment has tabled sweeping amendments to the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, Employment Equity Act and National Minimum Wage Act, aimed at modernising labour law and extending core protections to gig‑economy workers. Amendment 50A broadens the...
𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲: 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 As a leader, one of the most important decisions you will face is the future of your business after you. Succession planning is not just about choosing a successor; it’s about setting...
Head teacher Steffan Griffiths warned that Wales faces a looming teacher shortage as attrition spikes and recruitment to secondary training programmes remains 56% below target for 2023‑24. He highlighted that many new teachers quit within two years, citing work‑life balance...
Air India will introduce a Cabin Crew Health and Fitness Compliance Policy effective May 1, 2026, mandating BMI checks for all cabin crew. Crew members with BMI outside the 18‑24.9 range may be de‑rostered and face loss of pay, with...
Retention remains a top priority as organizations grapple with a competitive talent market. A Korn Ferry study finds 98% of executives view onboarding as crucial for keeping new hires, prompting firms to extend engagement before day one. Preboarding—the period between...
The 2025 INRIX Global Traffic Scorecard shows U.S. drivers now lose an average of 49 hours a year to congestion, a six‑hour increase from 2024. In the most gridlocked metros, commuters lose over 100 hours annually, translating to $894 per...
Mike Brewer’s latest piece for Multifamily Collective warns that senior managers can mistake tenure for expertise. He argues that unexamined experience solidifies into habit, which can blind leaders to shifting market dynamics. Effective operators treat experience as data, constantly questioning...
Leaders with fragile egos often react defensively to dissent, creating a toxic boardroom culture. The article outlines cognitive errors—reactivity, automatic thinking, overconfidence, and authority bias—that stifle open dialogue and lead to misdiagnosed problems. It quantifies the business cost: loss of...
“If it was racism, how did you get hired?” Because discrimination doesn’t start and stop at hiring. It shows up in who gets support, who gets opportunities, who gets pushed out, and who gets protected. Getting hired doesn’t mean racism isn’t...
When confidence is high we value appearance and equate it with competence. We celebrate pretty people doing pretty things in pretty places. When confidence is low, we crave competence pure and simple. When a pipe bursts, nobody ever hires a plumber...
Elon Musk announced he will personally fund the salaries of Transportation Security Administration agents while a partisan deadlock keeps the federal government shut down. The move pits Musk’s private‑sector resources against a political standoff that leaves thousands of federal workers...
#AI is Not Changing Culture and Leadership in Financial Institutions @TEBReview https://t.co/Hr0XF7vlZA #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
the recruiter after you spend 2 hours updating your resume and completing an application for a job that doesn’t exist https://t.co/ibNBcOWLnD
A recent article highlights how toxic workplace cultures often stem from CEOs who ignore employee feedback, exemplified by an insurance chief dismissing engagement survey results. Recent 2025 reports show that roughly three‑quarters of workers experience toxicity, with nearly 79% attributing...
Steve Jobs on how to give feedback to high performers when their work is simply not good enough; giving difficult feedback without causing resentments is a superpower. https://t.co/Q5VFsVHfAT
Why HR Professionals Should Be Involved In AI Strategy Development @Forbes https://t.co/FEfG6KkIMv #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
Job seekers often assume silence means lack of experience, but most resumes never reach a human recruiter because applicant tracking systems (ATS) filter them first. ATS algorithms scan for specific keywords, structure, and formatting, rejecting resumes that lack precise matches....
@chrismuyeche Thanks for the repost, from @HRCurator Leading change in uncertainty – how HR can design for multiple futures @TPShub https://t.co/qa2kfT1d5g #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #Hiring #Recruitment #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator
A spate of construction deaths in Karnataka, patchy menstrual‑leave policies in Indian firms and criticism of Ireland’s Hot School Meals program expose systemic HR shortcomings. Stakeholders warn that safety, equitable benefits and nutrition are now central to talent retention and...
Leaders who ignore global unrest risk deepening employee anxiety and eroding performance. The article illustrates how a client’s silence amplified his team’s disengagement, turning concern into apathy. It argues that transparent communication and active support are essential to maintain connection...
OpenAI is scaling fast to match the pace of the AI race. The company plans to double its workforce to around 8,000 employees by the end of 2026, signaling a shift from research focus to full-scale business execution as competition intensifies....
IBM is hiring MORE entry-level employees because young people are better with AI than older generations.
Employees often become defensive when receiving feedback, viewing it as a personal attack. The article explains the psychological roots—fight‑or‑flight response and identity attachment—to this reaction. It offers practical techniques for managers, such as the sandwich method, specific, outcome‑focused language, and...
Great candidates don’t just choose jobs—they respond to how you make them feel. Learn the psychology that turns outreach into offers. 🎯 https://t.co/e2FokFyIlX https://t.co/Ol0pwyyJ4S
3 Models for HR-IT Collaboration in an AI-Driven World @visier https://t.co/UPY6K2digs #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
Lufthansa, Europe’s flagship carrier, is piloting a "light cleaning" concept on short‑haul flights, cleaning only Business Class cabins while economy sections and lavatories are serviced on demand. The trial runs on 20 routes between March 16 and March 29, targeting...
“The future of workplace productivity isn’t just AI-enablement. To reap the full benefits of such new technologies, orgs. must encourage & empower employees to rethink how they work & strengthen their personal effectiveness.” https://t.co/p5jUUCnzIs #leadership #management #HR https://t.co/CN1DeJPtRp
