Employment

The rapidly evolving and changing work environment, in the face of efforts to stop the spread and flatten the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic, is placing pressure on staff and …
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As Australian businesses encourage workers to work remotely and we are all asked to limit travel and practice responsible social distancing, ACAPMA is converting the Salary Workshops planned for April …
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All businesses are coming to grips with what COVID-19 means for them and how they are required to respond.  The focus is on keeping the community safe.  The strongest weapon …
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Published 13/3/2020, Last Updated 4/5/2020

Safework Australia has updated its Advice for PCBUs on addressing Covid19.  Woolworths, Telstra and others have announced unprecedented leave extensions to address the disease.  But …
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Performance management can be fraught with concerns and pressure even when the situation is simple and clear cut.  Misconduct however, adds another element to the situation that can cause confusion …
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The Christmas and New Year break is now behind us and hot crossed buns are in the bakeries and the chocolate eggs are on the shelves, which means Easter is …
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This week an already impressive list of wage theft offenders has gotten a bit longer.

On Monday, the likes of Caltex, 7-Eleven, Pizza Hut, Domino’s Pizza and Bunnings (to name a few), …
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With the often complicated employment environment it is not uncommon for errors to be made when processing payroll.  While these errors are almost always made without malice or intent, it …
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Ensuring that the salary provided to any employee, but particularly a manager, can be difficult.  This difficulty can result in spectacular consequences as wave of sophisticated businesses that have failed …
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Companies guilty of wage theft could be publicly named and shamed under proposed industrial relations reforms.

Attorney-General Christian Porter, who is also industrial relations minister, has released a discussion paper …
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