by Greg Mitchell | Mar 29, 2024 | HR Compliance, Managing People
We were recently approached by a client for guidance in regards to implementing workplace surveillance strategies. Their particular concern related to a work from home employee who, they suspected, may have been “taking it a bit too easy”. While they are...
by Greg Mitchell | Mar 19, 2024 | HR Compliance
The start to the year has brought with it yet more changes on the industrial/employee relations front. These changes build upon other recent changes such as variations to employee authorised payroll deduction requirements, new rules for labour hire workers and small...
by Greg Mitchell | Feb 20, 2024 | HR Compliance, Managing People
Our recent article highlighting the obligations of employers to identify and address psychosocial risks in the workplace (click HERE if you missed it), generated a few enquiries, including one from a client whose frontline retail staff were unfortunately facing...
by Greg Mitchell | Feb 1, 2024 | HR Compliance
Sometimes it seems like the changes to employment-related legislation are never-ending, and further changes over the December 2023 / January 2024 period have served to only validate that perception. As a support to our clients and contacts, we’ve included below a...
by Greg Mitchell | Nov 10, 2023 | HR Compliance
Those employers who engage staff on fixed term contracts (that is, contracts that terminate on a specific date, or at the end of a nominated period) should be aware that, from 6 December 2023, new rules apply. There may be actions that you need to/should take prior to...
by Margot Gallagher | Nov 8, 2023 | HR Compliance
Relatively recent changes to WHS legislation (specifically the passing of the Work Health and Safety Amendment Regulation 2022, NSW) mean that employers now have an explicit duty to eliminate or minimise workplace psychosocial risks. The Regulation defines...