Tag: HR

Adrienne Unkovich of Workforce Guardian blogs about the top 5 things you should be doing to meet your employer obligations in the lead up to EOFY.

“The Fair Work Ombudsman’s office makes no secret of its continuous education program and on-site inspections. However a visit from a Fair Work Inspector is rarely good news for any business.”

The commencement of the Fair Work Act (FWA) in 2009 brought with it the expansion of unfair dismissal rights to all employees, regardless of the size of the employer’s workforce. As a result, employers have to ensure that if they are considering dismissing an employee for non-performance, that they have appropriate performance management systems in place. This is just one of the reasons why performance management is back in fashion.

Employers should use the paid parental leave scheme as a prompt to review their other parental leave entitlements and obligations, says Lisa Berton, Employment Lawyer at Kemp Strang.

Arndria Seymour blogs about how to engage Generation Y through learning and development.

“Generation Y are the ‘connect me to everything’ learners. The ability to give them connection and meaning, search and explore or make it fun/entertain me is how they learn best.”

Australian job seekers continue to go online to search for jobs, but many are growing nervous about the potential career fallout from personal content on social networking sites, according to the latest survey results from global workforce solutions leader, Kelly Services.

Australian employees required to travel overseas with their work will have access to unprecedented levels of protection as a result of a new technology suite launched today by Sydney emergency management firm Dynamiq. The Dynamiq Travel Risk Management (TRM) Suite also gives employers the highest possible legal protection by helping them meet – and exceed – their duty of care to travelling staff.