3.5% Minimum Wage Increase – July 2018
The minimum wage increase has now come into effect from the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2018.
It’s time to check your workers’ wages to ensure you are paying them correctly.
Minimum Wage Increase
The Fair Work Commissions recent decision will increase the national minimum wage to $719.20 per Continue Reading
Avoid the Risks of Underpaying Contractors
If a contractors price seems too good to be true, it probably is.
Under Australian Accessorial Liability provisions, directors, accountants and HR managers can no longer get away with turning a blind eye to workers being exploited within their labour supply chain.
If you contract workers and are aware (or ought to be aware) that those contractors are not being paid fairly Continue Reading
How to Manage Personal Relationships at Work
Whether your employees are finding love at work or working alongside family relations, managing any type of personal relationship in the workplace can be challenging for the employer.
As co-workers spend a large majority of their day together, it’s natural that personal relationships can develop between employees. Whether the personal relationships are sexual, domestic, casual or serious, it can be tricky for employers to manage Continue Reading
1000 companies to be audited by Fair Work Ombudsman!
In light of the new Workplace Basics Campaign, which is set out to ensure that employers are meeting their basic statutory workplace requirements, the Fair Work Ombudsman has begun auditing 1000 businesses at random across Australia.
“One area of focus will be the fast food, restaurant and café sectors in addition to others such as retail, security and manufacturing. Continue Reading
Are Your Casual Workers Really Casual?
With job classification being a much talked about topic in recent news, employers are urged to check the true status of their casual workers’ to reduce the risk of high pay-out claims.
Latest case on casual worker status
A small construction business in South Australia has been ordered by a Federal Circuit Judge to pay a former staff member 15 years’ worth of annual leave Continue Reading
