A former Adelaide teacher has lost a bid to regain employment with the South Australian Department for Education after the state's registration board found he engaged in "improper and disgraceful" behaviour toward women.

Australia’s new psychosocial risk laws are reshaping HR’s role in workplace health and safety, with regulators now treating psychological harm as seriously as physical injury.

A softening jobs market “should flash a warning sign” at the Reserve Bank against hiking interest rates, as crucial unemployment and inflation data heave into view on the horizon.