A question that we’re often asked for advice on, is ‘How do I best manage my employee’s health issue?’ Some examples of how this can manifest are:  an employee taking regular or significant periods of leave (for known or unknown reasons); an employee injury that leads to a Workers’ Compensation claim; an employee’s management of mental health issues; or perhaps…

Hear my chat about how the shift to working remotely in 2020 has affected workplace culture in Australia. Enjoy! ResolveHR · Interview on Spotlight, AFTRSFM: The Impacts of Working Remotely in 2020

A key component of our service offering is to assist our clients to meet the legislative requirements in managing their people.  Here we share two recent legislative updates which have had potentially far-reaching implications for employers.  Personal Leave – What Defines a ‘Day’? Employers would be aware of the requirement under the National Employment Standards (NES) to provide employees with…

A recurring topic of conversation amongst clients, colleagues, friends and neighbours has been: Are you working back at your workplace yet?  Are you still working from home?  Are you allowed back in the office yet? It’s genuinely been interesting to hear the approach that different companies, of various sizes and different industries, are taking in terms of managing their workforce…

We are certainly living in the most bizarre of times. I was chatting with a friend last week about the situation. She said to me, “you know Nick I just had my 10 year wedding anniversary?” after sharing congratulations…my friend further commented by saying, “if you would have told me 10 years ago on my wedding day that in 10…

  We are all now aware of Jobkeeper as a legislative change that came into effect the last couple of months. But what you might not be aware of are the other changes that have been made to Awards and entitlements to deal with the changes that Covid-19 has brought to the workforce and to better support employees and businesses…

The Fair Work Commission has announced there will be an increase to the National Minimum Wage from 1 July 2020 and an increase to modern award rates from either 1 July 2020, 1 November 2020 or 1 February 2021, depending on the award that is applicable. Please find below excerpts from the Fair Work Commission website. In short the decisions are…

Hi! We are certainly living in the most bizarre of times. I was chatting with a friend last week about the situation. She said to me, “you know Nick I just had my 10 year wedding anniversary?” after sharing congratulations…my friend further commented by saying, “if you would have told me 10 years ago on my wedding day that in…

There is a growing sense that we are just starting to come out of hibernation. Of course this then leads to a bigger question around how companies will start to return their team back to the workplace in an effort to keep business running while at the same time keep everyone safe. It’s likely that more and more, businesses will…