In the wake of recent high-profile scandals, recruitment businesses need to think seriously about requiring consultants to declare personal relationships with candidates, a workplace lawyer says. read more
A senior manager who was headhunted into a new role that was later made redundant has failed to prove the employer engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct by offering her the job "until retirement". read more
In the absence of agreed ethics, guidelines and transparency, predictive recruiting tools are doomed to make the same biased assumptions about candidates as human recruiters do, says industry commentator Kevin Wheeler. read more
Fee splitting is becoming an increasingly attractive option for boutique and specialist recruiters keen to grow their revenue, a legal recruiter says. read more
The Federal Court's decision on Acquire Learning's consumer law breaches reveals the full extent of the company's "disgraceful" efforts to mislead vulnerable jobseekers. read more
Technological developments in the services recruiters offer raise new ethical risks for the industry, according to a Productivity Commissioner. read more
In a world hungry for data, recruiters can differentiate themselves from their competition by sharing their success metrics, a technology specialist says. read more
The types of employee abuses exposed in the media this week highlight why host and direct employers should be more obligated to prevent dodgy labour practices, says RCSA CEO Charles Cameron. read more