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Guest Blog: 6 Essential Checks for Pre-Employment Screening: The Do’s & Don’ts
Pre-employment screening is a vital part of the hiring process. Yet, it remains a step that can easily be overlooked or skipped over due to time constraints, lack of knowledge, and other factors. Implementing employment screening as part of your business’ broader...
NSW & Victoria Update: Return to Work, Vaccinations & Collecting Vaccine Information
Over the last week, both NSW and Victoria have implemented a number of public health orders and directions dealing with return to work, vaccines, and collecting vaccine information. New South Wales New rules came into force in NSW from 11 October 2021 regarding...
Pitfalls to Avoid in Employment Contracts
As part of the compliance audit we perform for all new HR Essentials and HR Partner clients, we review businesses’ current employment contracts for compliance issues and risks to the company. In this article we set out some of the common issues we come across....
Work, Health & Safety Obligations During COVID-19
Working from home Many workplaces have now come to terms with the work from home arrangements that have become part of our everyday lives in some way or another. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, work from home may have been seen as a luxury, or a last-resort necessity,...
New Casual Employment Obligations in 2021
As detailed in our previous article, the law has recently (significantly) changed regarding casual employment. In particular, there are new obligations to offer certain casual employees “conversion” to permanent employment. For employers with 15 or more employees,...
It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas Close Downs
Although Christmas is still three months away, businesses that plan to implement a Christmas close down should be aware of their obligations to employees, particularly giving them any required period of notice relating to the close down. A number of modern awards...
Loaded Rates Introduced within the Hospitality Award
The Hospitality Award has been amended to give employers the ability to choose to pay loaded rates to certain employees instead of paying overtime rates, penalty rates (except public holiday penalty rates) and the split shift allowance. The Fair Work Commission’s...
Increases to Casual Pay Rates within the Hair and Beauty Award
Pay rates in the Hair and Beauty Industry Award for casual employees performing work on the weekend are set to increase following a decision of the Fair Work Commission last week. The Hair and Beauty Award currently provides that casuals are paid the same as full-time...
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