Browsing: Discrimination

In a "finely balanced" case, an employer has defended a claim that it discriminated against a candidate by withdrawing his job offer shortly after learning his age. read more

• Agency adopts four-day work week
  
• Talent matching platform gets ethics tick of approval
  
• Research puts AI bias back in the spotlight read more

The JobMaker hiring credit will create "bad jobs", a Senate committee has been warned. Meanwhile the inquiry into Victoria's failed quarantine system has delivered some "misguided" views on casual and contracting arrangements. read more

Even 'highly structured' screening of candidates' social media profiles does not reliably predict their future job performance, and might be discriminatory, new research shows. read more

• Job ads grow for fifth month
  
• Payrolled jobs down
  
• PwC defends discrimination claim from bipolar applicant read more

• "Significant improvement" in Q3 for ManpowerGroup
  
• Labour market testing creating hiring lags
  
• Seek in court over trademark dispute
  
• Mental health discrimination remains rife read more

Chandler Macleod is facing a discrimination claim from on-hire workers who have been excluded from a host site for being part of a "COVID-19 health risk group". read more

• Labour hire company discriminated against 70-year-old worker
  
• Experienced recruitment leader joins assessment provider
  
• Talent again named among best places to work
  
• News in brief: Jobs boost, COVID support read more

• Qantas facing decades-old discrimination claim
  
• HR jobs among the worst hit on Indeed
  
• Services jobs hit record lows
  
• Redeployed casuals to receive JobKeeper substitute read more

A recruitment agency has successfully defended a discrimination claim from a consultant who alleged his corporate headshot was digitally lightened. read more