The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption has just finished poring over allegations that would turn the hardiest HR professional's blood cold.

Recent ICAC hearings focused on the University of Sydney's former ICT projects head, Jason Meeth, who allegedly used his position to engage ICT contractors from one particular provider on inflated rates.

Both Meeth and the provider, Canberra…

Two recent cases illustrate the disastrous consequences of unsafe work practices in an on-hire environment.

One case centres around a 2009 incident, where an on-hire worker's leg was crushed by a 1.7-tonne steel frame while he was dismantling a sinter cooler at BlueScope's Port Kembla steelworks.

Surgical attempts to save his leg were unsuccessful and it was amputated below the knee, leaving the worker with phantom pains, recurrent infections, and an "arthritic, painful and…

Two interesting case studies have crossed my desk in the last few weeks: one involves an employer that has drastically cut its reliance on third-party recruiters, while another has actually adopted parts of the recruitment agency model to improve its hiring team.

The latter, NZ retail giant The Warehouse Group, has 20 brands and uses an agency approach to help maintain the individual identify of each business.

If candidates aren't suited to a particular brand – either because…

A few weeks ago I wrote about what hiring managers really think about recruiters, but how would those views change if they were removed from the recruitment process entirely?

One company trialling such a scheme is Flight Centre, which recently slashed its time-to-fill metric after removing hiring managers from volume recruitment.

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