Focused on safety and fairness, the historic agreement between Australia’s Transport Workers Union and tech delivery platform DoorDash lays down six core principles and enforceable industry-wide standards for gig-workers.
As employee expectations change, talent priorities must be incorporated into the business strategy so as to better attract and retain talent. Maria Zhang, Senior Director of Human Resources for Juniper Networks in the APAC region, tells us about what's changing and what companies can do to adapt.
Organisations are finally recognising that the ability to hire, retain and mobilise top talent is the key to success. Thus, they are turning to their CHROs for guidance to chart their course forward.
Worker comfort in returning to the workplace witnesses an uptick from 71% to 82% within a quarter, reveals the latest Conference Board survey. While the pros of returning to the office appear to outweigh remote working perks, several workplace factors demand immediate attention before laying down concrete working models for the future.
In the current talent scenario, the three top factors that a company needs in its employer brand include leaving society in better shape for the next generation, that employees be cared for and listened to, and the ability to design one’s own career, says Amit Sharma, chief human resources officer, Volvo Group India.