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08.03.2020
The high life: Unfair dismissal and calculating the high income threshold
In the reporting year 2018/2019, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) received 13,928 unfair dismissal applications. Undoubtedly, unfair dismissal applications are amongst the most common received by the FWC. The success or otherwise of an unfair dismissal ...
01.03.2020
Top 5 Attributes of the Best Payroll Managers
I spend time working with some of the best Payroll Managers in the business and often ask myself “what differentiates these people from the pack ?” … “what specific behaviours, traits or skills do these individuals display that makes them more effective ...
01.03.2020
Culture catch-all: “cultural fit” and recruitment
Employers place a significant emphasis on workplace culture, and rightly so – a workplace that holds itself and its employees to a high standard – set against an identified set of values – is likely to garner support and respect from employees, clients ...
23.02.2020
Keeping you regular: Regular and systematic casual employment
Employers often supplement their workforce by utilising casual employees to perform work in addition to that performed by permanent employees. While such engagements might start out as irregular (or, truly casual), it is not uncommon for casual ...
22.02.2020
Five questions I’m regularly asked about payroll
Here are some questions I’m asked on a regular basis by employers and journalists. What is the cause of the payroll underpayments? Are employers underpaying staff deliberately? Do you think criminalising wage theft will stop it? Will the 1 March changes ...
16.02.2020
All together now – HR consultant and supervisor found accessorily liable for breach of FW Act
An external HR consultant and a supervisor have been found accessorily liable for contraventions of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) after they were involved in the dismissal of an employee who raised a potential award non-compliance issue (Myers v ...
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