Category Archives: News and Articles
GCNCC October Breakfast – Employment Made Easy
Location: Links Hope Island Golf Club, Hope Island Resort, Hope Island Road
Date: 29th October 2014
Time: 6.30am for 7.00am start and finishes at 9am
Cost: $27.50 per person inclusive of breakfast
Our Guest Speaker for the breakfast is “Cheryl Koppman – Human Resource Services”
Hi all – you don’t have to be a member to attend so I look forward to seeing some of you next Wednesday 29th.
Register Now at: http://www.gcncc.org.au/chamber-news/gcncc-oct-breakfast-employment-made-easy/#more-5521
Ending Employment
Whether you have a written contract in place or not, employers are required to provide permanent employees with a period of paid notice to end an employees employment.
An employee’s Award, Registered Agreement or Employment Contract sets out how much notice the employee is required to give and whether the employer can withhold money from outstanding entitlements if the employee does not give the minimum notice. Continue Reading
4 Things Employers Look for When They Google You
An important article to share… job seekers take note!
Personal Branding Blog | July 28, 2014 | Glassdoor
Want to know what 80 percent of employers do before they invite you for an interview?
They Google you.
If this surprises you, then this article is exactly what you need to read. In today’s workforce, employers value transparency when recruiting and hiring candidates, so you need to make sure your online presence is clean and honest. Continue Reading
Workers Compensation & Return to Work
A brief introduction to…
- • What is a Return to Work Plan?
- • What does a Return to Work Coordinator do?
- • What are the benefits of Suitable Duties?
Return to work plans
Assisting injured workers return to work after a workplace injury is necessary for employers to meet their legal obligations. Continue Reading
What is the Fair Work Ombudsman’s process for dealing with employee complaints?
Today, the typical approach taken by the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) upon receiving an employee complaint is as follows:
Step 1
The FWO encourages the complainant to raise the relevant issues of concern with the employer. Continue Reading
How to appreciate the employee review process
(Great advice for Managers!)
Article posted by: Cale Dansbee | LinkedIn Leadership & Management | 25 July 2014
The employee review season has come and gone for the year and it’s a good time to reflect.
This is a time some managers may avoid or cringe at as the season nears and that is unfortunate. As a manager and a leader, this is a time for me to stop and take a moment to appreciate some things. Continue Reading
Employees sacked for emailing porn, reinstated.
“Zero Tolerance” is not always the solution as Australia Post found out this week.
On Wednesday the Federal court upheld the Fair Work Commission’s rejection of Australia Post’s “zero tolerance” approach to sending sexually explicit material at work.
It agreed that the workers had been unfairly dismissed. The two Australia Post workers were fired for sending porn on staff email accounts in 2010. Continue Reading
Businessman faces legal action for allegedly underpaying staff $1.8 million
A recent article posted on fairwork.gov.au claims that a Sydney businessman will face court proceedings alleging he was involved in underpaying 22 employees more than $1.8 million.
The article states that Mr Silverbrook is already the subject of court action in which the Fair Work Ombudsman alleges 21 workers are owed more than $870,000. Continue Reading
Independent Contractors & Sham Contracting
Independent contractors
Independent contractors run their own business. They usually negotiate their own fees and working arrangements and can work for more than one client at a time. Independent contractors are often called contractors or subcontractors (subbies). Continue Reading
