Category Archives: News and Articles
Workers Compensation & Return to Work
A brief introduction to…
- • What is a Return to Work Plan?
- • What does a Return to Work Coordinator do?
- • What are the benefits of Suitable Duties?
Return to work plans
Assisting injured workers return to work after a workplace injury is necessary for employers to meet their legal obligations. Continue Reading
What is the Fair Work Ombudsman’s process for dealing with employee complaints?
Today, the typical approach taken by the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) upon receiving an employee complaint is as follows:
Step 1
The FWO encourages the complainant to raise the relevant issues of concern with the employer. Continue Reading
How to appreciate the employee review process
(Great advice for Managers!)
Article posted by: Cale Dansbee | LinkedIn Leadership & Management | 25 July 2014
The employee review season has come and gone for the year and it’s a good time to reflect.
This is a time some managers may avoid or cringe at as the season nears and that is unfortunate. As a manager and a leader, this is a time for me to stop and take a moment to appreciate some things. Continue Reading
Employees sacked for emailing porn, reinstated.
“Zero Tolerance” is not always the solution as Australia Post found out this week.
On Wednesday the Federal court upheld the Fair Work Commission’s rejection of Australia Post’s “zero tolerance” approach to sending sexually explicit material at work.
It agreed that the workers had been unfairly dismissed. The two Australia Post workers were fired for sending porn on staff email accounts in 2010. Continue Reading
Businessman faces legal action for allegedly underpaying staff $1.8 million
A recent article posted on fairwork.gov.au claims that a Sydney businessman will face court proceedings alleging he was involved in underpaying 22 employees more than $1.8 million.
The article states that Mr Silverbrook is already the subject of court action in which the Fair Work Ombudsman alleges 21 workers are owed more than $870,000. Continue Reading
Independent Contractors & Sham Contracting
Independent contractors
Independent contractors run their own business. They usually negotiate their own fees and working arrangements and can work for more than one client at a time. Independent contractors are often called contractors or subcontractors (subbies). Continue Reading
How to Hold a Difficult Conversation
If you manage people, work in Human Resources, or care about your friends at work, chances are good that one day you will need to hold a difficult conversation.
People dress inappropriately and unprofessionally for work. Personal hygiene is sometimes unacceptable. Flirtatious behaviour can lead to a sexual harassment problem. A messy desk is not the sign of an organized mind. Unreturned soft drink cans do draw ants. Vulgar language is unprofessional. Revealing cleavage belongs in a club, a party, or on the beach. Leaving dirty dishes for others to wash is rude. Continue Reading
The key to earning more money?
Change jobs every two years: People who work for same employer for longer will earn 50 per cent less over their lifetime
By Matthew Blake, Daily Mail Australia Published: 18:36 AEST, 23 June 2014 | Updated: 21:18 AEST, 23 June 2014
• Average raise in 2014 will be 3%, but with inflation, that equates to 1%
• Average raise employee gets for leaving company is between 10% and 20% Continue Reading
Get set for 1 July 2014
1 July is an important date on the fair work calendar. It’s when minimum wages and allowances increase. This year it’s also when the transitional arrangements in most modern awards end. Continue Reading
