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Overtime Increase for Hair and Beauty Award
Recent updates made to the Hair and Beauty Award, with changes to overtime entitlements for full time and part-time employees. The change is effective from the first full pay period from the 31st of January 2022. Accordingly, any employee will receive overtime when:...
COVID -19 – What Businesses Need to Consider
As Tasmanian Borders have now opened to interstate visitors it is foreseeable that COVID-19 cases will rise. This increased visitor and customer activity will see more businesses choose to increase COVID-19 preventative measures,...
Progress for Mandated Employee Vaccination
Recently a national employer enforced mandatory vaccination for its businesses in Victoria and Western Australia to comply with the state public health orders issued. Upon review of COVID-19 Outbreak Management Plans in remaining operating states, the employer...
The Covid Conundrum
Is it feasible, or even possible, for an Australian business to insist on a No Jab – No Job policy in their workplaces? Qantas recently became the second major Aussie business to announce that they were implementing a policy for all frontline workers must be fully...
It Will Never Happen to Me…Right?
My business is too small to worry about. It is amazing how many times this crops up when we first visit a business to discuss payments and entitlements that may or may not be due to employees. To be fair, it is not usually said directly, but it becomes apparent in the...
WHAT IS SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE?
The Answer Is Not as Simple as You May Think. First let’s address the legal definition of sexual harassment, in this case with thanks to the Australian Human Rights Commission. “Sexual harassment is an unwelcome sexual advance, unwelcome request for sexual favours or...
The Five “R’s” That Will Help You to Prevent Sexual Harassment in Your Workplace!
In the midst of the Harvey Weinstein investigations and the birth of the Me Too! Movement, the Australian Human Rights Commission undertook an investigation into sexual harassment in Australian workplaces and concluded that the current legislation was not at the...
FAIR WORK OMBUDSMAN FOCUSES ON CLEANING UP
Recent Cases Have Highlighted some Worrying Trends FWO Focus for 2021/22 The Fair Work Ombudsman spoke recently about turning their focus for the coming financial year on contract cleaning businesses after a recent spate of cases in the industry.The Fair Work...
WHEN EMPLOYMENT ENDS…
The parting of the ways The reasons that an employee leaves a business can be many and varied and, in the majority of cases, it can be a happy time for all concerned, even if it may be coloured a little by the sadness of losing a quality and long-serving staff member....
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FAIR WORK AMENDMENT BILL PASSED INTO LAW
For the first time there is a definition of casual employment written into the Fair Work Act Over recent weeks the Federal Government has been trying to make changes to the Fair Work Act and get them through both houses of Parliament. As is often the case it doesn’t...
Genuine Redundancy, or Not Addressing the Issue: the importance of doing things right.
A recent case heard by the Fair Work Commission highlights clearly the importance of communication in the workplace and following all guidelines to the letter. Confrontation can be difficult. Many people find it easier to keep the peace rather than address something...
Termination Of Employment | Notice & Procedure
Need to terminate someone’s employment? Find out how Assurance HR can help. Call 1800 577 515Termination is one of the most complicated areas of workplace relations, and possibly one of the hardest parts of being an employer. Australian legislation has...