In March 2021, the Federal Parliament passed legislation that made changes to Casual Employment in Australia. These changes amended the Fair Work Act and required employers to proactively offer casual conversion to eligible employees. This covers all casual employees and not just those covered by Modern Awards. Employers were allowed time to make assessments about […]
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The new financial year brings changes to employment. The impact of Fair Work changes and changes to employment arrangements will vary depending on your business, your industry or, even, your location. Below you will see some of the changes we have identified: 1. Minimum Wage and Award Wages to rise Effective from 1 July 2021,
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Changes to Casual Employment are effective now. These amendments to the Fair Work Act change the definition of Casuals and how you manage them in your business. There are actions you need to take immediately. These changes have come about because of various court decisions and changes over the years. You can read more about
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Ending employment is not always about why you ended someone’s employment – it is also important that you follow a fair and just process. This is called “procedural fairness”. An employee is behaving in a way you deem completely unacceptable. Other employees are intimated. The employee berates and belittles others. Their behaviours just make others
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The question was simple – “Can’t I just send him a text message?” The Manager was from one of our long term clients. We had been working with the Manager to assist him with a poor performing employee. After some months, we had reached a point where ending employment was the only option left. He
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The Fair Work Commission has today handed down its yearly National Wage Decision. Award Wages are to increase by 1.75% This decision was slightly delayed this year due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. National Minimum Wage increases by 1.75% In its decision, the Commission has decided to increase the National Minimum wage by 1.75% to $19.84
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A decision today from the Fair Work Commission has cleared up one of the most asked questions regarding JobKeeper. Many employers have had casual employees refuse shifts. This has caused frustration for employers because, under JobKeeper, employees are paid before the Government JobKeeper payment is made. The result is that Employers basically provide these employees
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Casual Employment is in the spotlight again. Lots of media about the threats to employers regarding potential back payments. We have seen this before. The latest media coverage is based on a recent decision on casual employment in the Federal Court. You can read more about this in an article from The Age yesterday at
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Federal and State Governments are beginning to roll back the COVID-19 related restrictions. For many businesses, this means working COVID-Safe. An employer’s obligations under Workplace Health and Safety Laws to do what you can to ensure your workers have a safe and healthy workplace remains. In the case of COVID-19, this means doing everything reasonably
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Workplaces are operating within an environment totally alien to that in which they worked only a short period ago. Change like this can be difficult for people. Now is a good time for business owners to review their methods for managing workplace stress. what is workplace stress? Workplace Stress occurs when an individual has a
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