How to Manage Personal Relationships at Work
Whether your employees are finding love at work or working alongside family relations, managing any type of personal relationship in the workplace can be challenging for the employer.
As co-workers spend a large majority of their day together, it’s natural that personal relationships can develop between employees. Whether the personal relationships are sexual, domestic, casual or serious, it can be tricky for employers to manage Continue Reading
1000 companies to be audited by Fair Work Ombudsman!
In light of the new Workplace Basics Campaign, which is set out to ensure that employers are meeting their basic statutory workplace requirements, the Fair Work Ombudsman has begun auditing 1000 businesses at random across Australia.
“One area of focus will be the fast food, restaurant and café sectors in addition to others such as retail, security and manufacturing. Continue Reading
Are Your Casual Workers Really Casual?
With job classification being a much talked about topic in recent news, employers are urged to check the true status of their casual workers’ to reduce the risk of high pay-out claims.
Latest case on casual worker status
A small construction business in South Australia has been ordered by a Federal Circuit Judge to pay a former staff member 15 years’ worth of annual leave Continue Reading
4 Types of Difficult Employees and How to Deal With Them
Unfortunately, at least one difficult employee can be found at most workplaces. And most don’t usually seem to rear their head until after hiring. At this point, you are left to manage them. There’s the person who always shows up late holding a coffee. The employee that always CC’s in the world yet never replies to emails. Or even that employee with the constant perma-frown, dampening the mood around the office. Are these sackable offences? Not in isolation. Yet, what can you do to manage these employees in a compliant manner? Continue Reading
