Psychosocial safety at work has emerged as a critical focus area in modern workplaces, especially as businesses seek to ensure not just the physical wellbeing of their employees, but also their mental and social wellbeing. This can be a challenging area for employers to manage because there are many moving parts involved. One powerful way […]

Recently we wrote about the changes that the Closing the Loopholes legislation is bringing to casual employment kicking off on 26th August.  It’s been a busy year for all of us so these changes may not be registering on your radar.  Here’s a quick reminder: Definition of a Casual In short, the definition of a […]

As HR consultants, we know firsthand how crucial documentation can be when managing employees and keeping your business running smoothly. Yes, we know it can be tedious and one of those jobs that you always think you will get to, or you question whether that conversation was important enough to document but trust us when […]

Toxic behaviour in the workplace doesn’t have to be blatant and deliberately in your face types of behaviours to be extremely detrimental to your workplace culture.  It can be subtle, the type of behaviour that in isolation you would dismiss as annoying but not necessarily toxic or damaging to your team. These small, seemingly insignificant […]

Recently we were recruiting for a client and the role required the successful applicant to be able to be physically fit due to the nature of the work.  We needed to manage this prior to appointing anyone to the position as this client had been burned before with a previous employee not disclosing a pre-existing […]