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Green Wash Has Biggest Impact On 25-34 Year Olds Insync Surveys shows that age has the biggest impact on employees' expectations of their employer's environmental performance; with 25-34 year olds holding organisations to a higher standard than younger and older employees. Date posted: 1 September 2008	Insync Surveys
Flexible Working Arrangement Obligations Employers to be face with more stringent obligations to accommodate employee flexible working arrangements. Date posted: 1 September 2008	Hall & Willcox
Doing Business In China - Report This report describes and analyses the experiences of Australian businesses which have established operations or conduct business in China, both successfully and unsuccessfully. Date posted: 29 August 2008	Deakin Business School
Superannuation Guarantee - "Ordinary Time Earnings" Superannuation Guarantee legislation has been in place since 1992. We all know that employers have to pay 9% as SGC - but 9% of what? Ordinary time earnings is the answer, but what does that mean? Date posted: 27 August 2008	Macpherson+Kelley Lawyers
Drugs And Alcohol On The Job With the prevalence of drugs and alcohol within the workplace increasing at an alarming rate, the need for employers to implement solutions to minimise their potentially dangerous effects is critical. Date posted: 21 August 2008	Onetest
Forming Internal Social Networks To Engage And Innovate Connecting personnel should be a number one priority for organisations today. Most already possess a portal containing static data - but this falls well short of allowing staff to engage with each other or supplying them with high value workplace tools. So how can internal social and business networks make a difference? Date posted: 14 August 2008	Knowledge Community
Improved Measurement On Incentive Investment Is Crucial US research shows incentive programmes can increase individual performance by 22 per cent and team performance by 44 per cent and it is expected results would be similar for Australia. Date posted: 13 August 2008	Solterbeck
According To Australian Professionals, Going "Green" Is "Gold" Australian professionals believe a company's efforts to go "Green" could pay financial dividends, but don't think businesses are doing nearly enough. Date posted: 11 August 2008	Konica Minolta Business Solutions