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Margot Gallagher

The Role of a Support Person

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When the time comes that you need to have a difficult conversation with an employee, particularly in relation to matters such as poor performance, misconduct, potential dismissal or redundancy, it's important that the employee be provided procedural fairness – which includes allowing them to bring a support person to relevant meetings if they choos...
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Responding to COVID Restrictions

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The NSW Premier's announcement of additional COVID restrictions this weekend (17th July) has resulted in further challenges for employers and employees alike. If you own or are managing a business impacted by the tighter restrictions (including but not limited to those in the retail, construction and cleaning industries), you may need to consi...
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Did You Know? Minimum shifts for casual employees

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Most modern Awards contain a provision that includes the minimum number of hours that a shift can be for casual employees. You'll usually find this provision in the Types of Employment: Casual Employees section of the relevant Award.Most Awards also specify that this also represents the minimum payment a person must receive – which means that if yo...
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Annual Wages Review July 2021

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Each year, the Fair Work Commission conducts a review of wages which ordinarily sees an increase in Award rates from 1 July. This years'  review has just concluded, and the Commission has granted a 2.5% increase in the minimum wage that will flow on to all modern Awards.The minimum wage (for an adult employee) will increase to $20.33 per hour....
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Federal Budget 2021: HR Implications

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The recent Federal budget contained a number of interesting provisions that employers should be aware of, particularly as you undertake your own budgeting and planning processes for the 2021-2022 financial year. For a full overview of the 2021-2022 budget provisions that potentially have implications for employees and employers, click here. Some of...
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Employers be Aware: Changes to Casual Employment

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** Article updated 16th April 2021 **While many problems remain with our complex industrial relations system, the Federal Government has at least managed to iron out a couple of issues related to casual employment with the passing of the Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia's Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2020 ("the Bill"), earlier this mon...
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HR 101: Types of Employment (full-time, part-time, casual)

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This video provides an introduction to the different types of employment: full-time, part-time and casual.To access the video (on Youtube), click on the image to the left or click HERE. The video transcript is below.Note: shortly after production of this video (mid-March 2021), the Federal Government made changes to legislation affec...
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COVID - Returning to the Workplace

 Thankfully, things appear to have settled somewhat on the COVID front in NSW, and the government has now removed the public health order requiring employees to work from home where possible.We're getting a few enquiries relating to staff coming back to the workplace, so this article takes a look at a few of the most common questions:Can I dir...
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Paid Personal/Carer's Leave Clarified: August 2020

In a decision that is welcome news for employers (and HR people, accountants, bookkeepers and payroll people alike!), the High Court earlier this month provided some much needed clarification in terms of how paid personal/carer's leave is to be accrued and taken. The decision overrules an earlier controversial decision by the Federal Court [Mondele...
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JobKeeper 2.0 - Update

The JobKeeper scheme has been a godsend to many small businesses and their employees endeavouring to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic over the last few months, While initially scheduled to end in late September, the federal Government yesterday (22/07/20) announced an extension and changes to the scheme. This article details key featu...
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Employers Beware: The Risks of Engaging Casuals

A recent decision of the Full Bench of the Federal Court of Australia (WorkPac Pty Ltd v Rossato [2020]) has again highlighted the need for employers to closely monitor and manage the working patterns of casual employees to ensure they are working sufficiently irregular patterns of hours.Key to this case was that in each employment contract du...
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Leading in Times of Crisis

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Among many other things, the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic has caused me to think about leadership during times of crisis. While we look to the world's political leaders to provide us with information, support and guidance, people are also looking to their local community and business leaders to help them through these difficult times. A recent art...
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Employers Beware! – New Annualised Salary Arrangements

It's reasonably common for employers to choose to pay some of their employees annualised salaries in an effort to incorporate a range of Award provisions such as overtime, leave loading and penalty rates. There are a number of Awards that include specific provisions for these types of arrangements, and such arrangements are often also applied to em...
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Christmas Gift-Giving Tips

At this time of year, lots of employers consider paying their employee a Christmas bonus or providing their employees with a gift, to say thanks for a successful year. This can be a great engagement tool and motivator for staff, but there are a number of things to consider when determining what the most appropriate reward might be. What do people v...
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Kill the Performance Review! (or maybe not)

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"Performance Reviews: Get Rid of Them" – www.theage.com.au 15/02/15 "Businesses Should Boycott Performance Reviews" – www.afr.com 05/03/14 "Performance Reviews: Is it Time to Kill Them?" – www.executivestyle.com.au 30/06/14 The headlines say it all really – the performance review has been under sustained attack for the last 5 years o...
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Surviving the Growing Pains! – Managing Staff in a Period of Growth

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One of the common features of many of the businesses we come into contact with is that they are experiencing a period of rapid growth. They have a proven product or service, they're doing the right thing by their customers and they're reaping the rewards of their efforts – terrific! But life is not always wine and roses as they say, and a...
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Managing the Risk of Employee Terminations

​I don't know if it's something in the winter air, but we have in recent weeks received an unusual number of requests from business owners and managers seeking assistance to manage the risks associated with terminating employees after sustained poor performance, or in cases of misconduct.And it appears that they are right to be wary - recent statis...
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Here's an I.D.E.A. - Provide Effective Feedback!

​A common challenge for many supervisors and managers when it comes to managing people is providing effective feedback. This is particularly the case where they need to give feedback to a team member who is presently not meeting expectations and/or where they have done something wrong. Some supervisors and managers become paralysed by fear tha...
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EnableHR Feature of the Month: Contractor Management

We've had some great success lately helping our clients to better manage their HR and WHS responsibilities by supporting the implementation of EnableHR, a web-based system already in use by over 8,000 Australian organisations.Each month we highlight a specific feature of EnableHR. This month, we take a look at Contractor Management. Click the image...
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“WHERE ARE THEY?”: Addressing Staff Absenteeism

It's 8.00am or so, you're alone in the office pondering the mountain of paperwork. The phone rings. It's Jill…"..bit of a cough, won't be in today". A couple more minutes tick by…ring, ring….."It's Bob, kids are sick and I need to take them to the doctor…can't make it in." Familiar story?.... Unscheduled staff absenteeism can be a sizeable problem ...
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