It takes expertise, planning and skill to implement an enterprise agreement.  Humanify HR Consulting was proud to recently partner with the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council to deliver the new Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council Enterprise Agreement 2025-2029.

Data analytics is a key skill for HR practitioners operating in the modern world of work. Human Resources (HR) teams are core functions that collect, store, analyse and interpret large sets of sensitive and often complex workforce data. Being able to confidently work with workforce data in Excel can provide HR practitioners with the ability to better understand, shape and strategically influence decision making to the benefit of themselves, their teams and ultimately organisations.

Developing leaders in the Australian Public Service (APS) requires a deep understanding of the unique operating environment that leaders work in daily. Humanify HR Consulting (Humanify HR) was proud to recently partner with an APS agency to deliver a 360-degree Leadership Coaching Program for SES and EL Leaders, including the Agency Head (Chief Executive Officer) that enhanced modern leadership capability, self-awareness, collaboration across the agency.

Enterprise bargaining can be a complex process, that involves multiple parties, all with competing and in many cases conflicting interests.  Once you reach the stage of preparing to take a proposed new enterprise agreement out to vote, it can feel as though you’ve reached a significant milestone in the enterprise bargaining process.  However, as many experienced enterprise bargaining experts will tell you, most of the work begins once bargaining meetings are complete and ‘in-principle’ agreement has been achieved at the bargaining table. 

Preparing to vote on a proposed enterprise agreement is a critical stage of the process, with several key technical aspects to consider.  Many of these elements of the enterprise bargaining process need to be assessed as you develop a bargaining strategy, ideally well before you start the process of enterprise bargaining.  We have prepared this article to help you prepare to vote on a proposed new enterprise agreement, outlining some of the key steps you need to consider before you put your agreement to employees for vote.

I’ve never coached a leader who didn’t want to be the best that they can be.  The gap often exists between the thought or intention and the skills and leadership capability required to apply the intention to the complex reality of the modern workplace. 

Many leaders can suffer with perfectionism, that ultimately prevents them from learning and growing.  I know this all too well, as a senior leader early in building my corporate career, combined with my legal training – I was once a perfectionist.  I had to go on a journey to free myself from perfectionism and it was easier said than done.

In a recent Fair Work Commission decision regarding an application for unfair dismissal, 17 May 2024, JF Camenzuli vs Companion Systems Pty Ltd , Commissioner Hunt provided instructive guidance for employers on how to effectively manage performance. The reality is that in practice, many managers are reluctant to commence formal performance management processes for fear of ‘getting it wrong’, being accused of bullying and/or harassment or having a claim made against them in the Fair Work Commission. This reluctance on the part of managers can be understandable, and results in a lack of management that ultimately leads to low productivity. Resolving Australia’s productivity problem is all about equipping managers with the capability to more effectively manage performance.  Ultimately, more productive workplaces benefit us all.

Having effective Human Resources (HR) services in place to support business transformation and growth is key. Contemporary organisations experiencing significant growth understand that HR is not just an administrative function, but critical to success. Humanify HR Consulting is proud to partner with Chartertech to deliver outsourced HR services, to help both the organisation and people succeed.

On 3 June 2024 the Fair Work Commission handed down its decision in the Annual Wage Review, resulting in a 3.75 per cent increase to the national minimum wage and all modern award minimum wage rates effective from 1 July 2024. Find out what this decision means for Australian workplaces.

Family and domestic violence (FDV) is at crisis levels in Australia. Workplaces have an active role to play in supporting employees who are experiencing FDV. Our Managing Director, Sarah Queenan spoke with Karen Oldaker, Senior Executive for Wellbeing and Shared Value of Medibank about some of the steps they are taking to support employees.

We spoke with Frances Crimmins, Chief Executive Officer of YWCA Canberra about how they implemented a four-day working week tailored to their business model, to offer flexibility to their valued employees, balanced against providing quality services to the community.

What if there was a way to create flexible working arrangements that met the unique needs of both the individual employee and organisation?  Well, the solution is the not-so-well-known Individual Flexibility Agreements (IFA’s).  An IFA is a workplace relations mechanism that is now being more regularly utilised by employers and employees who want to create flexible working arrangements that are sustainable and ultimately, genuinely work and meet the needs of the organisation and employee.

Humanify HR Consulting was pleased to host the recent ACT AHRI event "Industrial Relations in 2024" at the East Hotel in Canberra. This article provides a summary of the key items discussed by the panel, including key takeaways for employers to consider.

The 2024 International Women’s Day official UN Women Australia-led theme this year is Count Her In: Invest in Women and Accelerate Progress. To mark the occasion, we spoke with our Founder and Managing Director of Humanify HR Consulting, Sarah Queenan to share her lived experience as a young female leader and business owner, including steps she believes we can take to support more women to excel in the modern world of work.

Improve your HR policies with our comprehensive resource. Understanding that not every organisation is at the same stage when it comes to HR policy development, the guide recommends the right HR policy settings against different organisational maturity levels. This comprehensive resource provides a robust framework to assess the efficiency of your HR policies, aligned to the maturity level of your organisation. Designed to be used as internal assessment and benchmarking tool, this guide will enable you to gauge the effectiveness your existing HR policy framework.