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...
by Margot Gallagher | Aug 22, 2023 | HR Compliance, Managing People
The recent changes to industrial relations laws in Australia also saw changes to laws relating to sexual harassment in the workplace. Understanding and complying with these changes is critical for all businesses and organisations (note that small businesses are NOT...
by Greg Mitchell | Aug 21, 2023 | HR Compliance
The Fair Work Commission recently announced changes to the Professional Employees Award 2020 (the Award). The changes are applicable from 16th September 2023, so it’s important for employers with employees covered by this Award to be across the key details. Background...
