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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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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Temporary changes have been made to the Fair Work Act to enable employers and employees to fully utilise the JobKeeper wage subsidies. These changes apply only to employers who are eligible to receive payments under the JobKeeper scheme. If your business is not eligible for JobKeeper, these changes to the Fair Work Act do not
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In Australia, many consider Human Resources Management as being all about “compliance” or “recruiting”. While these are important elements of Human Resources, the management of people has a much greater effect on a business. Compliance is the “base” on which employment is developed. It provides the minimum requirements for employing people and nothing more. Move
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A couple of days ago I was discussing Small Business HR with a perspective client. He was on the look out for a HR System to use in his business. Specifically, he needed to ensure his industrial relations compliance was managed. During the conversation, he asked me if we would “guarantee” his industrial relatioins compliance.
Industrial Relations and Workplace Health and Safety – Your Obligations Belong to You Read More »
A recent press release from Fair Work Australia says a lot: “Operators of fast-food food outlets in Brisbane have found out the hard way that paying staff what they thought was about right isn’t good enough.” “What’s particularly concerning is that many employers claimed to have limited knowledge of the basic entitlements of their staff, Acting Fair
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Happy New Year! Listening to the news last night here in Brisbane, the reports were on many new laws/changes being introduced in the new year. Bus Fares were going up, politicians were going to be paid more etc. But there was not one mention of some of the most wide spread changes to the working
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