Are you thinking about employing a young person during the school holidays?
Did you know that if you employ a child during the school holidays there are specific obligations? For instance, as an employer, you must ensure a school-aged child is not able to work unless written consent is provided on a parent’s consent form. There are also a number of other obligations that employers should be aware […]
Employers – Are you Paying Superannuation on Overtime?
Are you Paying Superannuation on Overtime? Did you know overtime is not considered an Ordinary Time Earning (OTE) and that superannuation does not have to be paid on overtime? You could be inadvertently paying too much! As a small business owner, it is important to ensure your staff are engaged on an employment contract that […]
Need help with difficult conversations with your employees?
Lisa Lee, Human Resources Manager One of the most difficult tasks for managers/owners can be giving constructive feedback to employees! Since transitioning to the domain of small business, I have been struck time and time again by how critical leveraging the performance of employees is to the success of every small business, no matter the […]
Can I ask a potential employee to trial for a job and not pay them?
Recently, two of our clients have sought our advice as to whether they can request a potential employee/candidate to do an unpaid trial with them. This is quite a common practice used to help determine if the person does actually have the skills to perform the role they are trying to fill. To determine whether you can do […]
Human Resources – Should you investigate inappropriate behaviour?
Human Resources – Finding it hard to talk to your employees?
Human Resources – Workplace Investigations
Top 3 causes of workplace complaints In our experience, the top 3 contributing factors we see when investigating workplace complaints are: 1. Interpersonal relationship issues 2. Performance Management issues 3. Lack of / insufficient induction and/or on the job training Interpersonal relationship issues It is sometimes easy for managers/owners to fall into the trap of seeing […]
Human Resources – Annual Leave cashing out
My employee has asked if they can cash out their annual leave – can I do it? Sometimes employees approach their employer and ask if they can cash out their annual leave accrual…..often, this might suit the business but, from an industrial relations perspective, is it OK to do so? In a nutshell, yes it […]
Human Resources – Bullying & Harassment Workshops
We all know how disruptive conflict in the workplace can be……have you considered conducting compliance training in Bullying & Harassment for your staff? Mark Dann from iManagement and Lisa Lee have run very successful “Reducing the Risk of Workplace Bullying” workshops. Feedback from clients has shown that the format of the workshops worked extremely well. The content includes: […]
Human Resources – How much do I have to pay an employee if we substitute a Public Holiday for another day?
Public holidays form part of the National Employment Standards (NES). The NES provides an entitlement for employees to be absent from work on a day or part-day that is a public holiday. The NES also protects an employee’s workplace right to reasonably refuse to work on a public holiday, and will guarantee payment where a […]