by Greg Mitchell | Aug 18, 2020 | HR Compliance
In a decision that is welcome news for employers (and HR people, accountants, bookkeepers and payroll people alike!), the High Court earlier this month provided some much needed clarification in terms of how paid personal/carer’s leave is to be accrued and...
by Margot Gallagher | Mar 14, 2020 | HR Compliance
It’s reasonably common for employers to choose to pay some of their employees annualised salaries in an effort to incorporate a range of Award provisions such as overtime, leave loading and penalty rates. There are a number of Awards that include specific...
by Greg Mitchell | Jun 24, 2019 | HR Compliance
Without question, the Fair Work Act and other legislation impacting the employment relationship can be difficult to navigate, particularly for smaller businesses and organisations with little internal professional HR support. And with fines for individual breaches of...
by Greg Mitchell | May 13, 2019 | HR Compliance
Without question, the Fair Work Act and other legislation impacting the employment relationship can be difficult to navigate, particularly for smaller businesses and organisations with little internal professional HR support. And with fines for individual breaches of...
by Greg Mitchell | Apr 1, 2019 | HR Compliance
Unless the terminated employee has completed more than 6 or 12 months service with the employer at the time of termination (12 months in the case of a small business with fewer than 15 employees, otherwise 6 months – this is referred to as the “qualifying...
by Greg Mitchell | Oct 1, 2018 | HR Compliance
We recently received a question from an employer who needed to respond to an employee requesting flexible work arrangements (to change from full time to part time and also do some work from home). Q: Can anyone request flexible work arrangements and can I say no?...
