by Paulette | Nov 30, 2023 | Employment Relations, Workplace Articles
Addressing unlawful conduct: How to provide support and reporting channels? When employees feel safe to speak up and know their voices matter, productivity skyrockets — 4.6 times, to be exact! Also, encouraging and supporting employee voices is a key driver of...
by Paulette | Apr 5, 2023 | Fair Work Ombudsman News, Informational Snip bits, Legislation Updates, New Laws New Risks
In the matter Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union v OS MCAP Pty Ltd [2023] FCAFC 51 (28 March 2023) – The full Federal Court held that BHP unreasonably required 85 of its production employees to work a standard 12.5 hour shift at a mine on...
by Paulette | Apr 4, 2023 | HR Solutions, Managing And Terminating, payout for unfair dismissal, Unfair Dismissal Claims
Let’s say you’ve dismissed one of your employees for reasons you believe are entirely justified. But, after a couple of days, you receive an unfair dismissal claim and face severe financial and reputational costs. In such a situation, responding promptly...
by admin2022 | Jan 2, 2023 | Informational Snip bits, Topics of Conversation
In 2012 we shared the below blog post – but what will 2023 bring – 11 years on? We will see lots of work on the gender pay-gap and women’s safety at work with the introduction of two key pieces of legislation at the end of 2022, Respect at Work and the IR...
by Paulette | Sep 13, 2022 | Employment Relations, HR Consultant, Small business, Workplace Articles
The industry code of conduct provides organisations with the necessary regulatory support. They help guard against misconduct and opportunistic behaviour and foster change to cultivate a positive and productive business culture. But what if your employees don’t have a...
by | Apr 8, 2021 | Employment Relations, HR Consultant, HR Solutions, Managing Employee Terminations
What Is the Definition of a Disciplinary Action? Disciplinary action is a reprimand or corrective action in response to employee misconduct, rule violation, or poor performance. Depending on the severity of the case, a disciplinary action can take different forms,...
by | Jun 17, 2020 | Employment Relations, Legislation Updates, Small Business HR, Topics of Conversation
Casual Conversion Compliance in 5 easy steps Under most modern awards, a “regular casual employee” can request to convert their employment if they have worked: for a period of 12 months or more; and a pattern of hours on an ongoing basis, which the...
by | Jun 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
The decision in WorkPac Pty Ltd v Rossato [2020] FCAFC 84 has confirmed the earlier decision in WorkPac Pty Ltd v Skene [2018] FCAFC 131 about casuals and this will change the landscape of casuals as we know it. The essential question being asked is – “if an...
by | Jun 4, 2020 | Award Provisions, Legislation Updates
“Casuals” – what we need to know following WorkPac Pty Ltd v Rossato Q&A’s The essential question that is being asked here is “ if an employee agrees to a contract that labels them a casual but their work is systematic (rostered well in advance for example) and...
by | Mar 25, 2020 | Offers and Packages, Uncategorized
Fresh HR Insights Pty Ltd has created a fact sheet covering the following Reducing Employee Hours Options to reduce hours of work Stand-downs Use the button below to download the fact sheet. Any questions please let the team at Fresh HR Insights know by emailing in...
by | Mar 18, 2020 | Informational Snip bits, Topics of Conversation, Workplace health and Safety
Please find updated information that has been passed through to us in regards to leave during coronavirus (COVID-19) – Coronavirus (COVID-19) leave to find the obligations that you need to be aware of when it comes to Coronavirus (COVID-19) leave read on....
by | Feb 20, 2020 | Workplace Articles
Hygiene is an important and critical part of the life of any human being. The importance of hygiene can be best understood by the fact that almost every religion on earth has preached hygiene. The benefits of hygiene are not only limited to the physical structure of a...
by | Sep 3, 2019 | Employment Relations, Topics of Conversation, Workplace health and Safety
As refreshing as the spring may be, keeping your employees refreshed and maintaining a vibrant workplace is not always as easy as it looks. For one, as soon as spring kicks in, the weather starts to bring out the color in most things around us and the environment tend...
by | Jul 7, 2019 | Workplace Articles
The mind your business attitude at the workplace is never an indication of growth, synergy, and communication in an organization. If there is one thing that kills workplace morale and efficiency faster, it is workplace negativity. Human resources everywhere understand...
by | Jun 27, 2019 | 12 Basics of HR, Employment Relations, Workplace Articles
Employee retention is about keeping hold of your best employees so that the employees have the feeling: “able to go but happy to stay”. Employee retention measures can be applied to a rational and normative level. Rational commitment is based on the costs...
by | May 28, 2019 | Performance Management, Uncategorized, Workplace Articles
In the modern workplace and work environment, one of the keys to getting the best out of employee is communication. To achieve success at the company level, employees of the organization must enjoy expressing something nice to one another. A company where the...
