When it comes to the information we produce for you all, we know that psychosocial safety is one of the least popular.  Fair enough – it’s a big topic and it can feel very overwhelming when there is so much to do when leading a business. Recently though, one of our clients was faced with […]

Ah yes, those artistic (weird) perfume ads with varying celebs have hit the TV screens so it must mean that Christmas is just around the corner. That means that all of those fun end of year celebrations are almost upon us too and while we don’t want to be party poopers, this is our annual […]

An employee has just approached you with a request to ‘cash out’ a portion of their annual leave.  Roger doesn’t want to take the time off – he just wants the cold, hard cash in this instance.  He’s got seven weeks up his sleeve and he’s requested to cash out one week of his accrued […]

In our last blog, we talked about the changes coming to casual employment. Casual employment sounds simple. Until you’ve got someone who’s been working the same shifts for a year. Then no one’s quite sure what they are anymore. That’s where this phrase “regular and systematic” comes in. It gets thrown around a lot, but […]

For those businesses wanting, or requiring, casual employees as a part of their workforce, more changes have been made as a part of the Closing the Loopholes no. 2  legislation that has now passed through Federal Parliament.  The changes impacting how we look at ‘casual employment’ take effect on 26 August 2024 so let’s look […]

A key factor in determining business budgets for the new financial year is determining what your payroll costs will look like for the coming twelve months.  This year, we are in the fortunate position of receiving an early announcement from the Fair Work Commission as to their decision on the annual Minimum Wage Review.  There […]

Within the media, there has been a lot of talk about the Right to Disconnect legislation. With sensational headlines abounding, it would be fair to think that any and all after hours communications with employees will be completely out of bounds once this legislation goes live. That is not actually the case so let’s take […]

As we slip into cooler mornings that come with Autumn and can more readily justify the scoffing of hot cross buns, it’s important to remember that there are a number of public holidays that can impact your business planning.  We’ve got Easter and not long afterwards is ANZAC Day so to take some pressure off […]

It is very likely that you have heard talk of the ‘Closing the Loopholes’ legislation – the most recent Federal Government initiative designed to reform workplace law.  A key piece of the legislation that passed recently relates to new definitions for ‘employee’ and ‘employer’ and how this is important in how it relates to determining […]

We need to talk about positive duty and how it relates to sexual discrimination and harassment in the workplace.  It is one of those subjects that we all would prefer not to think about.   It is a little overwhelming and we all tend to pop it in the too hard basket but overwhelming or not, […]