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Margot Gallagher

Christmas Gift-Giving Tips

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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Greg Mitchell

HR Q&A: How Do I Find the Correct Rates of Pay?

HR Q&A: How Do I Find the Correct Rates of Pay?
Without question, the Fair Work Act and other legislation impacting the employment relationship can be difficult to navigate, particularly for smaller businesses and organisations with little internal professional HR support. And with fines for individual breaches of the Fair Work Act potentially exceeding $60,000, it's little wonder that we end up...
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Greg Mitchell

HR Q&A: How Do I Know Which Award Applies? Determining Award Coverage and Classifications

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HR Q&A: How Do I Know Which Award Applies? Determining Award Coverage and Classifications
​ Without question, the Fair Work Act and other legislation impacting the employment relationship can be difficult to navigate, particularly for smaller businesses and organisations with little internal professional HR support. And with fines for individual breaches of the Fair Work Act potentially exceeding $60,000, it's little wonder that we end ...
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Greg Mitchell

What I’ve Learnt About HR in Smaller Businesses

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What I’ve Learnt About HR in Smaller Businesses
  I was recently invited to present to the Australian Human Resources Institute's networking group in the Central West region of NSW on the topic of "HR for Small to Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs)". In addition to sharing our exclusive 8 Elements to Success through People© Model as a means to assess and prioritise value adding people-manageme...
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Greg Mitchell

What do I need to do - Terminating during Probationary Period

What do I need to do - Terminating during Probationary Period
Unless the terminated employee has completed more than 6 or 12 months service with the employer at the time of termination (12 months in the case of a small business with fewer than 15 employees, otherwise 6 months – this is referred to as the "qualifying period"), the employee will generally not be eligible to lodge a claim for unfair dismissal. I...
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Greg Mitchell

Right to Request Flexible Work Arrangements

Right to Request Flexible Work Arrangements
We recently received a question from an employer who needed to respond to an employee requesting flexible work arrangements (to change from full time to part time and also do some work from home). Q: Can anyone request flexible work arrangements and can I say no? First of all, let's be clear about what we mean by flexible working arrangements. A re...
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Margot Gallagher

Are your Casuals really Casuals?

Are your Casuals really Casuals?
On 16 August 2018 the Full Federal Court delivered a judgment which will likely have wide-ranging implications for the employment of casual employees across Australia. The primary consequences arising from the decision at this stage appear to be that: Regardless of the provisions or an award or enterprise agreement (EA), if an employee has a regula...
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Paul Hoppenbrouwer

HR Q&A - Redundancies

HR Q&A - Redundancies
Recently we were asked "Is it mandatory for a support person to be present at a disciplinary meeting, and what do I do if the employee wants to delay the meeting because they don't have a support person?" The short answer to the first part of the question is no - it is not mandatory for the employee to have a support person present. It is however r...
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Margot Gallagher

Writing a (legal!) job advertisement

Writing a (legal!) job advertisement
Optus featured in the news for all the wrong reasons last week, after placing a job advertisement seeking "Anglo Saxon" employees for its' Neutral Bay store (refer here for one of the news articles, this one from the ABC). As you might have expected, there was a public outcry and subsequently significant damage to the company, which is now in the p...
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Greg Mitchell

Are You Aware of Pre-Employment Obligations?

Are You Aware of Pre-Employment Obligations?
We've been providing our clients with a fair bit of recruitment support lately, so an article by John Wilson and Kieran Pender of Bradley Allen Love in the current edition of HRM (the official magazine of the Australian Human Resources Institute – yes, exciting stuff!), caught my attention. The authors make the valid point that, while most employer...
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Greg Mitchell

6 Ways to P*ss Off Your Staff - Guaranteed!

6 Ways to P*ss Off Your Staff - Guaranteed!
One of my coaching clients mentioned to me the other day that he was working on some "anti-goals". Rather than focusing on what he wants to achieve in his personal and professional life, he's finding it more helpful to make a list of what he doesn't want (eg. "a job where I have no time for family", "a job with pay that doesn't give me enough incom...
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Greg Mitchell

"She's great at her job, but..."

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"She's great at her job, but..."
On at least three separate occasions over the last couple of weeks I've had clients make comments to me along those lines, and it's frankly getting annoying. Please don't tell me "S he's great at her job [Finance Manager by the way] , but terrible at managing people ". Please don't tell me " He's great at his job [Business Development Manager] , bu...
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Greg Mitchell

HR Compliance 101: What You Need To Know If You Are Engaging Others In Your Business

HR Compliance 101: What You Need To Know If You Are Engaging Others In Your Business
One of the key challenges for small business owners engaging others in the business is to understand and comply with legislative requirements. Here's the essential "HR stuff" you need to know: National Employment Standards: The National Employment Standards (NES) prescribe minimum terms and conditions of employment for those covered by the Fair Wor...
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Greg Mitchell

INFOGRAPHIC - Employee or Contractor?

INFOGRAPHIC - Employee or Contractor?
​ We frequently find ourselves helping business owners or managers distinguish between employees and contractors. While it might seem a matter of little consequence, there's much more than semantics at play. It's important to clearly understand the difference as the result goes a long way to determining the applicability of legislation and the righ...
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Margot Gallagher

Poor Workplace Behaviour – Don’t end up in the news for all the wrong reasons…

Poor Workplace Behaviour – Don’t end up in the news for all the wrong reasons…
There has in recent weeks been a huge amount reported and written about allegations of harassment (sexual and otherwise), bullying and intimidation against employees – often, but not always, women – by people in more senior positions. Whilst the focus of these allegations, both here in Australia and overseas, has been on the entertainment industry,...
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Paul Hoppenbrouwer

Self-Representation – Is it a good idea?

Self-Representation – Is it a good idea?
Businesses like to keep their costs down, so if faced with an unfair dismissal or other type of claim, it can sometimes be tempting to not engage experienced or legal representatives to support the business. But is it a good idea? In a word, no, probably not. A recent case in the Fair Work Commission highlights serves illustrates the point. The cas...
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Greg Mitchell

‘TIS THE SEASON TO BE…..CAUTIOUS!

‘TIS THE SEASON TO BE…..CAUTIOUS!
'TIS THE SEASON TO BE…..CAUTIOUS! "'Twas a few weeks before Christmas, when all through the workplace, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse" …. that's not entirely correct. One creature that does traditionally stir at this time of year in many workplaces is the HR Manager, who plays the role of Scrooge as he or she proceeds to advise their...
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Greg Mitchell

INFOGRAPHIC - Managing the Risk of Employee Terminations

INFOGRAPHIC - Managing the Risk of Employee Terminations
We've had some good feedback on our recent blog article which helps businesses manage the risks associated with staff terminations (refer here ). In response, we've gone a step further and produced an infographic which provides a useful summary of key information – click on the image below for access.
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Paul Hoppenbrouwer

HR Q&A - What's the BOOT?

HR Q&A - What's the BOOT?
Q. We were recently asked by a client what the "BOOT Test" is all about. The question arose in a discussion regarding the potential development of a workplace agreement. A. "BOOT" is an acronym for the Better Off Overall Test , a test applied by the Fair Work Commission (FWC) when considering whether to formally register a workplace agreement propo...
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Margot Gallagher

Why do the good employees leave? Engaging and keeping the “keepers”

Why do the good employees leave? Engaging and keeping the “keepers”
Have you ever wondered why it's the good people in your organisation who move on – yet the "dead wood" effectively quit and stay? Recognising and rewarding talent in your organisation – and engaging those people so that they want to help you succeed in business – is a critical competitive advantage that you possess and should harness. Step 1 is, of...
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