Many employment arrangements change with the start of a new financial year. This year is no exception. Here are some of the things you need to be prepared for to be “employment ready”: Increases to Minimum Wage and Award Wages Every year, the Fair Work Commission determines what increases are warranted for those on the
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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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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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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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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.
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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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