Employees who are considering redundancy must ensure they are up to date with the Fair Work Act introduced in 2009. The Work Act is considerably different to the previous Work … Read more

The cost of staff turnover can average up to 100% of a person‚Äôs annual salary. This figure alone makes staff development and retention critical to the long-term success of any … Read more

Understand your obligations From 1 July 2011, employers now act as ‚Äúpaymasters‚Äù whereby the Government provides the employer with funds which are to be distributed to the eligible employee for … Read more

The superannuation guarantee requires employers to contribute at least 9% of an employee‚Äôs ‚Äúordinary time earnings‚Äù per quarter to a maximum super contribution base of $42,220 per quarter. This is … Read more

There are a number of human resource issues that most companies‚Äô take for granted and one of it, believe it or not would be the wellness of employees, including weight … Read more

Skills development for both employees and managers is an important factor to the growth, stability and success of any business. Relying on its track record of strategic and operational human … Read more

In 2010, the Australian Federal Government passed the Sex and Age Discrimination Legislation Amendment Act, with the act coming into effect as of July 1, 2011. The changes refer mainly … Read more

In the corporate world, there is a very important role played by business human resources. The human resource team plays a key role in the recruitment process, induction of new … Read more

Recently, the NSW Government passed a new workplace safety bill harmonising with the federal government’s workplace health safety legislation. Until now, each state has had seperate workpalce health and safety … Read more