Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the risks employers face when employees use social media. Design/methodology/approach – This paper considers the types of risks and suggests how they could be mitigated. Findings – It is revealed that employers need two policies to manage...

Purpose – Highlights the risks employers face when employees use social media. Design/methodology/approach – Considers types of risks and suggests how they could be mitigated. Findings – Reveals that employers need two policies to manage risks associated with the use of social media; a...

Purpose This paper highlights the risks faced by white-collar workers resulting from advances in artificial intelligence (AI). Design/methodology/approach This paper explores recent research and expert opinion on the evolution of AI and its encroachment on white-collar jobs. Findings This paper...

Purpose This paper aims to highlight the risks faced by companies through the use of child labor in their outsourced global supply chains. Design/methodology/approach This paper explores recent research and commentary on child labor in global supply chains. Findings This paper reveals the risk...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the risks faced by employers as a result of subjecting vulnerable employees to exploitative business practices that are akin to slavery. Design/methodology/approach The study considers examples of exploitative approaches that employers have...

Purpose – This paper aims to highlight the difficulties faced by employers in complying with a quick succession of industrial‐relations legislation changes in Australia in recent times. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on the results of a field survey of 352 Australian...

Purpose – This article aims to highlight the risks employers face when employees use social media. Design/methodology/approach – The article considers each risk in turn, and suggests how it could be reduced. Findings – The major challenge for most employers is the development of a...

Purpose – Highlights the risks employers face in disciplining employees for inappropriate behavior. Design/methodology/approach – Considers the types of approach that are necessary for a fair disciplinary process. Findings – Reveals that an employer's policies governing inappropriate...

Purpose – Highlights the risks faced by Australian employers as a result of sexual harassment by employees and contractors. Design/methodology/approach – Considers the types of approach that are necessary to prevent sexual harassment by employees and contractors in the workplace and events...