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A Guide to Performance Management
What is Performance Management? A Performance Management System (PMS) aims to maximize employees’ performance and productivity to ensure that the goals of an organisation are consistently being met. It is the company’s total approach and strategy towards performance...
How to Effectively Manage Absenteeism in the Workplace?
An all too familiar scenario plays out in countless workplaces every day - the dreaded 6:00 AM text message from an employee saying they are unwell and won’t be able to work, and the panic to try and fill the shift with the least amount of disruption to the department...
Penalty rate increase for casual workers in the Hair and Beauty Award confirmed
It was announced early in October that the weekend penalty rates for casual employees under the Hair and Beauty Award are set to increase. The Fair Work Commission has now confirmed that the increases will commence from 31 January 2022 and will occur over 5...
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 Connect 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,...
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