More small and mid-sized recruitment companies are now able to compete against larger players in the tender space with the assistance of generative AI, a bid specialist says. read more
Proposed new legislation will require virtually all medium and large recruitment companies to report their progress toward gender equality targets before they are eligible to tender for federal government work, according to Workplace Gender Equality Agency CEO Mary Wooldridge. read more
In an important case for the recruitment industry, Programmed has won a long-running dispute over its liability to pay long service leave to an on-hired worker, who became a Randstad employee after an account changed hands. read more
The Closing Loopholes legislation has now passed, and a lawyer warns it will herald the return of class actions over 'misclassified' casuals and contractors. Meanwhile, mid-sized recruitment companies without enterprise agreements might struggle to win tenders under the new laws. read more
A Parliamentary committee has recommended sweeping changes to the way employment services are delivered in Australia, including a shift away from the privatised model. Meanwhile, recruiters working with Federal Government departments benefitted from a record growth surge in the public service in FY23. read more
The Federal Government has announced the list of recruitment companies selected under Phase 2 of its whole-of-Australian-government (WoAG) panel for labour hire, temp personnel, and temp-to-perm conversion. read more
A labour hire company has been ordered to pay long service leave to a former casual, who it argued had transferred to a new labour supplier two months before he retired. read more
With six months left on the Defence RPO contract, the transition is now fully underway, and all parties are working together on a "seamless" handover with a "people-first" focus, says ManpowerGroup MD Penny O'Reilly. read more
The Australian Government's procurement team has made a key concession on the controversial temp-to-perm provisions in its labour hire tender. read more