End of Financial Year Payroll Requirements
As the end of financial year is approaching, it is important to be aware of your requirements as an employer to ensure you are meeting your obligations. This year there are new ATO requirements for Single Touch Payroll and recent Minimum Wage increases handed down by the Fair Work Commission that need to be considered […]
Salary Benchmarking
Remuneration benchmarking – is it relevant? My boss came to me recently after attending a conference and said, “we need to complete some remuneration benchmarking, to ensure we are paying the market rate for our employees”. I’d heard of remuneration benchmarking, but honestly, I wasn’t a huge supporter of it. Firstly, I often questioned the […]
Fair Work Commission increases wage rates by 3%
The Fair Work Commission has just handed down its annual wage decision. Effective the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2019 the National Minimum wage will increase by 3%, bringing it to $740.80 per week or $19.49 per hour. This is an increase of $21.60 per week. In addition to this, all […]
Industrial Relations in Review May 2019
Annual Wage Review 2019 The Fair Work Commission have commenced the process to review the national minimum wage. The current national minimum wage is $719.20/week or $18.93/hour. This rate applies to all award free employees. Casual employees also receive a 25% casual loading. For all other employees’ reference must be made to the applicable award […]
Small Business HR
Many small business owners and CEOs consider Human Resources to be a function reserved for large organisations and not a genuine requirement until they reach a certain size. Nothing could be further from the truth! Here are five reasons why HR is so important for small business: Help Growth Fast growing organisations often lack the […]
Workplace Gender Equality Reporting – are you prepared?
The Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 requires non-public sector employers with 100 or more employees to submit a report to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency between 1 April and 31 May each year for the preceding 12-month period (1 April – 31 March each year). When reporting, all employees (headcount, not full-time equivalent) should be counted across […]
Industrial Relations in Review – March 2019
Upcoming Easter and ANZAC Day Public Holidays With Easter and ANZAC Day falling close together in April, employers should be aware of what days are considered public holidays for the purpose of determining an employee’s right to be absent from work or paid public holiday rates where specified under the applicable award or agreement. Below […]
‘Unattractive’ people are more likely to be ignored at work, research says
By Kate Neilson While previous research has shown that ‘attractive’ employees are likely to win out in a job interview, new research suggests the barriers of ‘lookism’ don’t stop there. It’s a powerful and pervasive form of workplace discrimination that doesn’t receive much attention. Researchers believe they’ve taken the first steps in uncovering how an […]
Industrial Relations in Review February 2019
Both employees and employers start out the employment relationship with good intentions. However sometimes for a variety of different reasons, the employment relationship does not end the way it was started. For employers, it is important to be aware of the different claims employees can make to ensure you are putting in place proactive steps […]
What does 2019 have in store for HR?
As we embark on another year and many employees are returning to work, it is a great opportunity to plan for the year and develop your strategic HR objectives. We’ve all heard the well-known saying, “if you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” HR can easily be one of those functions in the business […]
