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Employers Beware! – New Annualised Salary Arrangements
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 provisions...
Let’s Cut the “Too Old” or “Too Young” Crap – Ageism in Recruitment
Maybe it's because I've just had (yet another) birthday, or because I have a couple of friends "of a certain age" currently in the job market relaying their job-seeking experiences, but I've lately been thinking a bit about the impact of ageism in recruitment. You...
Christmas Gift-Giving Tips
At this time of year, lots of employers consider paying their employee a Christmas bonus or providing their employees with a gift, to say thanks for a successful year. This can be a great engagement tool and motivator for staff, but there are a number of things to...
HR Q&A: How Do I Find the Correct Rates of Pay?
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...
HR Q&A: How Do I Know Which Award Applies? Determining Award Coverage and Classifications
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...
What I’ve Learnt About HR in Smaller Businesses
I was recently invited to present to the Australian Human Resources Institute's networking group in the Central West region of NSW on the topic of "HR for Small to Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs)". In addition to sharing our exclusive 8 Elements to Success...
What do I need to do – Terminating during Probationary Period
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 period"),...
Right to Request Flexible Work Arrangements
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?...
Writing a (legal!) job advertisement
Optus featured in the news for all the wrong reasons last week, after placing a job advertisement seeking "Anglo Saxon" employees for its' Neutral Bay store (refer here for one of the news articles, this one from the ABC). As you might have expected, there...